Music in the High Renaissance
Thursday, December 5, 2024 3:30–4:30 PM
Description
This class explores music in the time of Michelangelo, TItian, and Caravaggio, focusing on genres for the church (mass and motet), courtly chamber (Italian madrigal and French chanson), and theater (early opera).Presenter: Seth Coluzzi is a scholar of the music, poetry, and culture of late-Renaissance Italy, whose research focuses on issues of interpretation, analysis, and mode in early music, particularly in the Italian madrigal. His book, "Guarini's 'Il pastor fido' and the Italian Madrigal: Voicing the Pastoral in Late Renaissance Italy," was published in 2023 by Routledge.