MUS 266 But What Did Florence Sound Like?

Florence occupies an enviable place in the historical imagination.  It was the city of Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarotti, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Galileo Galilei.  But its music-historical importance is less well-understood.  And, yet, Florence  was the birthplace of opera and the piano, Italy’s two greatest contributions to world musical civilization.  This course tells the story of music in Florence during its “golden age,” from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century. [GM1, GM2, H, V]

Instructor

Cummings