Renaissancekontrapunkt

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Subject according curriculum

Renaissance Counterpoint

Teachers

Scope

Tuesdays, 1:00–2:00 p.m.; after every three weeks of classes, there is a one-week break; in addition, there are two longer block seminars lasting two and three hours, respectively, the dates of which will be set at the beginning of the semester during the seminar.

Room

Blau 101 (Komposition, Theorie, Multimedia)

Duration

eine Semesterwochenstunde

Description

Topics:
Fundamental contemporary compositional techniques of the Renaissance
Compositional models of the 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries
The emergence of rhetoric in music
Stylistic distinctions and developments within the 16th century
Reception of Renaissance music in later centuries

The course is aimed at anyone interested in early music who wants to understand how early music works (Speaking of which: When exactly can we actually start referring to something as “early music”? Are Wagner, the Beatles, or Queen “early music”?). Renaissance music has always served as a model for later generations, yet at the same time, it was itself differentiated into various genres, schools, traditions, and compositional techniques during its own era. In this seminar, we’ll examine precisely these topics in greater depth than is possible in the minor in music theory. Of course, we’ll focus not only on the music itself, but also on the broader culture, the visual arts, society, and the political structures of the Renaissance.

Literature

Johannes Menke: Counterpoint 1: Renaissance Music (Laaber 2015)
http://figuren.moritz-heffter.de/

Additional course materials are available on Moodle

Credits

2 Creditpoints

Modules

Musiktheorie 2 Alte Musik (Cembalo, Block-/Traversflöte), Musiktheoretisches/Musikwissenschaftliches Wahlmodul Instrumental, Wahlmodul freie Wahl (alle Studiengänge)