Topics in 16th-Century Music (451-0-1)
Topic
Masculinities & 16th C. Opera
Instructors
Linda P Austern
847/491-5705
l-austern@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: E-mail instructor to arrange a meeting.
Specialist in Renaissance and baroque musical-cultural relations, gender and feminist theory, European iconography, music as related to visual art and the early history of science. Recipient of major fellowships and research grants, including American Council of Learned Societies, British Academy, Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute (Radcliffe College/Harvard University), and National Endowment for the Humanities. Author, Music in English Children's Drama of the Later Renaissance (Gordon and Breach, 1992), Music in English Life and Thought 1550-1650 (forthcoming); editor, Music, Sensation and Sensuality (Routledge, 2002), editor, Music and the Sirens (Indiana University Press, 2006). Author of numerous articles and reviews in books and such journals as Journal of the American Musicological Society, Modern Philology, Music and Letters, and Renaissance Quarterly.
Meeting Info
RCMA Lower Level 121: Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
Overview of class
"Masculinities and Music in the Sixteenth Century" considers ways in which changing understanding of manhood, manliness, masculinity and male sexuality were reflected in sacred and secular music for voices and/or instruments was created, performed, and consumed in a variety of spaces and for a range of purposes among contrasting Western European cultures during the 1500s.
Registration Requirements
Be a junior, senior or graduate student
Learning Objectives
Ways in which various kinds of music, musical works, and musical materials reflected understanding of masculinities during the sixteenth century.
Teaching Method
lecture-discussion-class participation (may include performance), plus writing assignments, plus research or creative project
Evaluation Method
attendance, participation in discussion, short written assignments, final project or research paper
attendance, participation in discussion, short written assignments, final project or research paper
Class Materials (Required)
All required materials will be on Canvas or on reserve in the University Library