Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

by Murray, Russell E., Jr.; Weiss, Susan Forscher; Cyrus, Cynthia J.

• ISBN13: 9780253354860
• ISBN10: 0253354862
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-16
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

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 others -- 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 of learning was embedded in the broader context of the early Western art music tradition.

Author Biography

Russell E. Murray is Associate Professor of Music and Associate Chair at the University of Delaware, Newark.

Susan Forscher Weiss teaches musicology at the Peabody Institute, and German and Romance languages at the Johns Hopkins University.

Cynthia J. Cyrus is Associate Dean and Professor of Musicology at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Reading and Writing the Pedagogy of the Past	p. xi
Perspective	p. 1
Some Introductory Remarks on Musical Pedagogy	p. 3
Medieval Pedagogy
Guido d'Arezzo, Ut queant laxis, and Musical Understanding	p. 25
Some Thoughts on Music Pedagogy in the Carolingian Era	p. 37
Medieval Musical Education as Seen through Sources Outside the Realm of Music Theory	p. 52
Renaissance Places of Learning
"Sang Schwylls" and "Music Schools": Music Education in Scotland, 1560-1650	p. 65
A Proper Musical Education for Antwerp's Women	p. 84
Juan Bermudo, Self-instruction, and the Amateur Instrumentalist	p. 126
The Humanist and the Commonplace Book: Education in Practice	p. 141
Renaissance Materials and Contexts
Musical Commonplaces in the Renaissance	p. 161
Music Education and the Conduct of Life in Early Modern England: A Review of the Sources	p. 193
Vandals, Students, or Scholars? Handwritten Clues in Renaissance Music Textbooks	p. 207
Music Education in the Convent
The Educational Practices of Benedictine Nuns: A Salzburg Abbey Case Study	p. 249
Nun Musicians as Teachers and Students in Early Modern Spain	p. 262
The Teacher
Isaac the Teacher: Pedagogy and Literacy in Florence, ca. 1488	p. 287
Zacconi as Teacher: A Pedagogical Style in Words and Deeds	p. 303
The Good Maestro: Pietro Cerone on the Pedagogical Relationship	p. 324
Perspective	p. 3
You Can Tell a Book by Its Cover: Reflections on Format in English Music "Theory"	p. 347
List of Contributors	p. 387
Index	p. 391
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Excerpts

By identifying the methods and materials of musical pedagogy, we come that much closer to understanding the subtleties of the musical discourse that preceded and surrounded musical creativity.