Seminar in 17th Century Music (452-0-1)

Topic

Desire, Drama, and Sorcery

Instructors

Linda P Austern
847/491-5705
l-austern@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: E-mail instructor to arrange a meeting.

Meeting Info

RCMA Lower Level 121: Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This course considers musical-dramatic works from the Baroque era that feature desire, madness and other extreme affective states in the presence of malevolent or disruptive forces. Such depicitons and works additionally reflect on the era's changing ideas about masculinity, femininity, and Western encounters with global peoples as well as retelling stories from an older literary heritage.

Registration Requirements

Juniors, seniors and graduate students

Teaching Method

Lecture-discussion

Class Materials (Required)

TBD

Class Materials (Suggested)

TBD