Music education in the Middle ages and the Renaissance
By: edited by Russell E. Murray, Jr., Susan Forscher Weiss, and Cynthia J. Cyrus.
Contributors: Murray, Russell Eugene.; Weiss, Susan Forscher.; Cyrus, Cynthia J.
Series: Publications of the Early Music Institute
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780253354860
Subjects: Music -- Instruction and study -- History -- 500-1400; Music -- Instruction and study -- History -- 15th century; Music -- Instruction and study -- History -- 16th century
Description: Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance explores the teaching and learning of music in the early centuries of the Western art music tradition. The authors of these essays seek to understand the methods and philosophies of various teachers, as well as what students learned and how the act of learning is embedded in the broader context of music and music-making in this period. Gender, social status, and the role of the church are considered along with the educational rationale and motivations of medieval and early modern pedagogues. From England to Italy, these essays provide an expansive view of the beginnings of music pedagogy as a tradition. Opening the way and suggesting further avenues of inquiry, Murray, Weiss, Cyrus, and their contributors add invaluable nuance to the place of education in our current master narratives of music history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Guido d'Arezzo, Ut queant laxis, and musical understanding / Dolores Pesce; title: Some thoughts on music pedagogy in the Carolingian era / Charles M. Atkinson; title: Medieval musical education as seen through sources outside the realm of music theory / Susan Boynton; title: Sang schwylls and music schools : music education in Scotland, 1560-1650 / Gordon Munro; title: A proper musical education for Antwerp's women / Kristine K. Forney; title: Juan Bermudo, self-instruction, and the amateur instrumentalist / John Griffiths; title: The humanist and the commonplace book : education in practice / Anthony Grafton; title: Musical commonplaces in the Renaissance / Peter Schubert; title: Music education and the conduct of life in early modern England : a review of the sources / Pamela F. Starr; title: Vandals, students, or scholars? : handwritten clues in Renaissance music textbooks / Susan Forscher Weiss; title: The educational practices of Benedictine nuns : a Salzburg Abbey case study / Cynthia J Cyrus; title: Nun musicians as teachers and students in early modern Spain / Colleen Baade; title: Isaac the teacher : pedagogy and literacy in Florence, ca. 1488 / Blake Wilson; title: Zacconi as teacher : a pedagogical style in words and deeds / Russell E. Murray, Jr; title: The good maestro : Pietro Cerone on the pedagogical relationship / Gary Towne; title: You can tell a book by its cover : reflections on format in English music theory / Jessie Ann Owens.