[Ansteorra] Fwd: [Lochac] course on reading medieval music

[Stefan li Rous via Ansteorra]

I thought some of you might find this interesting. These are free courses.

I’m trying to see if I remember modern music notation to understand this one, myself.

Stefan

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> From: "katherine kerr" <vicki at webcentre.co.nz>
> Subject: [Lochac] course on reading medieval music
> Date: August 11, 2015 at 5:52:39 PM CDT
> To: althing at sca.org.nz
> Cc: Lochac at lochac.sca.org
> Reply-To: "The Shambles: the SCA Lochac mailing list" <lochac at lochac.sca.org>
> 
> This might be of interest to musos. It's part of the big free online Future Learn initiative, which
> provide interesting courses and a good way to learn.
> 
> Cheers,
> katherine
> 
> From Ink to Sound: Decoding Musical Manuscripts
> University of Basel
> Travel through the history of musical notation, learning how to decode medieval
> music manuscripts. Enjoy 15 performances of ancient music by Schola Cantorum
> Basiliensis.
> 
> https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/from-ink-to-sound
> 
> 7 weeks starting Nov 2, about 3 hours per week
> 
> Nowadays music is all around us: we listen to it while we are on our way to work,
> when preparing lunch or even while showering. All this music is written down in its
> own language - the notation system. But did you ever wonder where this came from?
> Have you ever looked at a medieval music manuscript and wondered how to read it?
> 
> In this free online course, we will answer the key questions, including:
> 
>    What happens to music when we write it down? How did this evolve through
> history?
>    Who wrote down music? And why?
>    Which strategies of visualization came into play?
>    Are notes just another scripture?
>    How does it help us play and listen to music today, if we understand how music
> was written in earlier times?
> 
> Transcribe early music manuscripts
> 
> This course will enable you to understand the theoretical and practical principles of
> reading musical notation from the Middle Ages until the Early Modern Period. We
> will show you how to decode and transcribe early notational systems. And we will
> discuss the challenges and principles of music notation, referring to semiotic
> approaches and visual theory.
> Enjoy medieval music
> 
> As well as the theoretical and practical parts, this course offers more than 15
> recordings of ancient music performances provided by musicians of the Schola
> Cantorum Basiliensis - the renowned institution for ancient music in Basel. These
> will give you the opportunity to listen to many of the musical pieces that we will
> discuss during the seven weeks.
> 
>    University of Basel logo
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>    FREE online course
> 
>    Duration: 7 weeks
> 
>    3 hours pw
> 
>    Certificates available
> 
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> Educators
> Professor Matteo Nanni
> Professor Matteo Nanni
> Angelika Moths
> Angelika Moths
> Requirements
> 
> The only requirement is that you should know how to read modern musical notation.
> 
> This course is intended for professional and non-professional musicians interested in
> musical paleography and its history, as well as undergraduate students of musicology,
> historians, philologists, theologians, art historians and semioticians.
> 
> During the course, we encourage you to use a feather quill to enjoy the original
> feeling of writing down music. If you have no quill at hand, you can try building your
> own or buy one at a stationery stop. A quill, however, is not necessary to follow the
> course.
> 
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> katherine kerr of the Hermitage, in the Crescent Isles,
> Barony of Southron Gaard, Kingdom of Lochac
> http://webcentre.co.nz/kk
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