Online course on music notation at the University of Basel
The University of Basel is now offering free online courses that are open to the general public. One of the first two, entitled "From Ink to Sound", is on music notation through the ages. The course language is English.
The online course "From Ink to Sound" deals with theoretical and practical aspects of writing down music and sheds light on the development of music notation from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Matteo Nanni and Angelika Moths from the Department of Musicology at the University of Basel show how music was recorded in manuscripts, how it was decoded and transcribed into modern notation. Musicians from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis have made over 15 recordings especially for the course - including a music manuscript from the Basel University Library, which has been transcribed and performed for the first time in 700 years.
The course is aimed at musicians with an interest in music paleography as well as students and those interested in music, history, philology, theology, art history and semiotics. The only prerequisite for students is that they are familiar with the modern notation system.
