Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Publications of the Early Music Institute)

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 of learning was embedded in the broader context of the early Western art music tradition. (2011) Music Education In The Middle Ages And The Renaissance Explores The Teaching And Learning Of Music In The Early Centuries Of The Western Art Music Tradition. The Authors Of These Essays Seek To Understand The Methods And Philosophies Of Various Teachers, As Well As What Students Learned And How The Act Of Learning Is Embedded In The Broader Context Of Music And Music-making In This Period. Gender, Social Status, And The Role Of The Church Are Considered Along With The Educational Rationale And Motivations Of Medieval And Early Modern Pedagogues. From England To Italy, These Essays Provide An Expansive View Of The Beginnings Of Music Pedagogy As A Tradition. Opening The Way And Suggesting Further Avenues Of Inquiry, Murray, Weiss, Cyrus, And Their Contributors Add Invaluable Nuance To The Place Of Education In Our Current Master Narratives Of Music History. 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. Edited By Russell E. Murray, Jr., Susan Forscher Weiss, And Cynthia J. Cyrus. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction: Reading and Writing the Pedagogy of the Past......Page 12 Perspective 1......Page 20 1 Some Introductory Remarks on Musical Pedagogy......Page 22 Part 1 Medieval Pedagogy......Page 42 2 Guido d’Arezzo, Ut queant laxis, and Musical Understanding......Page 44 3 Some Thoughts on Music Pedagogy in the Carolingian Era......Page 56 4 Medieval Musical Education as Seen through Sources Outside the Realm of Music Theory......Page 71 Part 2 Renaissance Places of Learning......Page 82 5 “Sang Schwylls” and “Music Schools”: Music Educationin Scotland, 1560–1650......Page 84 6 A Proper Musical Education for Antwerp’s Women......Page 103 7 Juan Bermudo, Self-instruction, and the Amateur Instrumentalist......Page 145 Perspective 2......Page 158 8 The Humanist and the Commonplace Book: Education in Practice......Page 160 Part 3 Renaissance Materials and Contexts......Page 178 9 Musical Commonplaces in the Renaissance......Page 180 10 Music Education and the Conduct of Life in Early Modern England: A Review of the Sources......Page 212 11 Vandals, Students, or Scholars? Handwritten Clues in Renaissance Music Textbooks......Page 226 Part 4 Music Education in the Convent......Page 266 12 The Educational Practices of Benedictine Nuns: A Salzburg Abbey Case Study......Page 268 13 Nun Musicians as Teachers and Students in Early Modern Spain......Page 281 Part 5 the Teacher......Page 304 14 Isaac the Teacher: Pedagogy and Literacy in Florence, ca. 1488......Page 306 15 Zacconi as Teacher: A Pedagogical Style in Words and Deeds......Page 322 16 The Good Maestro: Pietro Cerone on the Pedagogical Relationship......Page 343 Perspective 3......Page 364 17 You Can Tell a Book by Its Cover: Reflections on Formatin English Music “Theory”......Page 366 List of Contributors......Page 406 Index......Page 410 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. 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? This title addresses these topics and others to understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe.