Course Description

ML471 Medieval Culture in Pop or Art Music 0.5

A study of the use of medieval culture in recent popular and art music. Students explore the ways the medieval and medieval music is constructed in a number of musical and cultural discourses. Topics include feminism and Hildegard von Bingen; spirituality and the medieval in Arvo Part, John Tavener and other recent composers; the marketing of the Gregorian Chant; medieval as exotic "Other" in Pop and Rock acts. (Cross-listed as MU471.)

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