Humans being as musical as they are, that time period also includes a great deal of music.
People through the ages have demonstrated a predeliction for creating music, and in many eras of history, this has been a progressive process, building on music from previous generations. This course explores the roots of Western Art Music, the deepest of those roots being in the very distant past. A surprising amount can be discovered about music in the Ancient world. The course will take up the topic of ancient music, and follow that with music of the early Christian era, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Along the way, we will examine what the great thinkers of these time periods had to say about music.