The Trouvère Chanson and its Performance
This online course offers a comprehensive study of the trouvére chanson focusing on an examination of its principal composers and musical sources, its main poetic-musical structures and genres, its historical and cultural context, and its performance practice (vocality, rhetoric, rhythm, ornamentation, and instrumental accompaniment).
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Course Content
Mauricio Molina
Instructor
Dr. Mauricio Molina, founder and director of MMB, is a historical musicologist and early music performer. He holds a Historical Performance degree from The Mannes College of Music (NY) and a musicology Ph. D. degree from City University of New York Graduate Center. He is a professor of medieval studies at the Institute for American Universities and a visiting professor at the Centre International de Musiques Médiévales (Université Paul Valéry). He is the author of Frame Drums in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula, and director of the medieval music ensembles Magister Petrus and Na rota do peregrino.
Digital Library
Visit the Medieval Music Besalú Digital Library for resources and articles.
