Music in the Middle Ages

Syllabus Speculum Musicae: The Mirror of Music IDST-1300-09 (Focus: Fine Arts) RESEARCH LINKS

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General Reference Class handouts Internet Medieval Sourcebook (comprehensive site) Primary Source Materials Canterbury Tales: http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm The Decameron: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dweb.shtml The Song of Roland: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Roland/ Writings of St. Francis of Assisi History The Crusades: Art and castles, with a brief overview The Black Death The path of the Black Death (map) The Plague's effects on Europe from 1347 to 1352 The Rule of St. Benedict (click on the words "The Rule") Medieval Music Medieval and Renaissance Instruments Pictures and sound Troubadours and Trouvères Gregorian Chant Database Hildegard scores and Gregorian notation The Illuminations of Hildegard Traces of Hildegard in present-day Bingen The Evolution of the Motet from Notre Dame organum Machaut's Quant je suis mis au retour Nuper rosarum flores (Dufay's isorhythmic motet analyzed) Arabic Music Arabic Music Overview INTERACTIVE: Modes and rhythms of Arabic music UCLA website (Ali Jihad Racy) Instruments used in Arabic music - UCLA website (Ali Jihad Racy) Islam The Way of the Sufi by David Waines Ten Things Everyone Needs to Know about Islam by John Esposito Art & Architecture of the Middle Ages Medieval Cathedrals Art History Writing your research paper Elements of Style Strunk's classic work now online Plagiarism and How to Avoid It Chicago Style documentation Databases in Millsaps Library