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Title Music education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance / edited by Russell E. Murray, Jr., Susan Forscher Weiss, and Cynthia J. Cyrus
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 406 pages) : illustrations, music
Series Publications of the Early Music Institute
Publications of the Early Music Institute.
Contents Some introductory remarks on musical pedagogy / James Haar -- Guido d'Arezzo, Ut queant laxis, and musical understanding / Dolores Pesce -- Some thoughts on music pedagogy in the Carolingian era / Charles M. Atkinson -- Medieval musical education as seen through sources outside the realm of music theory / Susan Boynton -- "Sang schwylls" and "music schools" : music education in Scotland, 1560-1650 / Gordon Munro -- A proper musical education for Antwerp's women / Kristine K. Forney -- Juan Bermudo, self-instruction, and the amateur instrumentalist / John Griffiths -- The humanist and the commonplace book : education in practice / Anthony Grafton -- Musical commonplaces in the Renaissance / Peter Schubert -- Music education and the conduct of life in early modern England : a review of the sources / Pamela F. Starr -- Vandals, students, or scholars? Handwritten clues in Renaissance music textbooks / Susan Forscher Weiss -- The educational practices of Benedictine nuns : a Salzburg Abbey case study / Cynthia J. Cyrus -- Nun musicians as teachers and students in early modern Spain / Colleen Baade -- Isaac the teacher : pedagogy and literacy in Florence, ca. 1488 / Blake Wilson -- Zacconi as teacher : a pedagogical style in words and deeds / Russell E. Murray, Jr. -- The good maestro : Pietro Cerone on the pedagogical relationship / Gary Towne -- You can tell a book by its cover : reflections on format in English music "theory" / Jessie Ann Owens
Summary What were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? Contributors to this volume address these topics and other -- including gender, social status, and the role of the Church -- to better understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. This volume provides an expansive view of the beginnings of music pedagogy, and shows how the act
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Music -- Instruction and study -- History -- 500-1400
Music -- Instruction and study -- History -- 15th century
Music -- Instruction and study -- History -- 16th century
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- General.
Music -- Instruction and study
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Murray, Russell Eugene
Weiss, Susan Forscher
Cyrus, Cynthia J
LC no. 2010007346
ISBN 9780253004550
0253004551