Spring 2027

Survey of the History of Western Music

Survey of Western music history covering the development of music in the European tradition before 1750.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Ilana Schroeder

The course involved quite a bit of reading, though quizzes and writing assignments were described as low pressure.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and describe important styles and features of music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque era.

  • Describe how musickers in previous centuries participated in the various forms of musicking through cultural context and technology.

  • Describe how major cultural events impacted historical musicking.

  • Recognize the ways in which historical musicking is similar and dissimilar to modern musicking.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MUSIC 122 and 172

MUSIC 211

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DAVID CROOK is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ILANA SCHROEDER is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Ilana Schroeder

Students found Ilana Schroeder to be a fantastic lecturer who makes the topics interesting and engaging.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.57 GPA, 84.4% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.67 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.53 GPA, 74.3% A/AB (n=70 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ilana Schroeder

The course involved quite a bit of reading, though quizzes and writing assignments were described as low pressure.

Past student reviews · Ilana Schroeder

Students appreciated the leniency with late work, but found the no-tech rule and subjective quiz questions frustrating.

Topics

  • Music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque eras
  • Impact of cultural events on historical musicking

Skills

  • Identify and describe musical styles and features
  • Analyze historical musicking within cultural and technological contexts
  • Compare historical and modern musicking practices

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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