3827 - Medieval and Renaissance Music (Judith Costello)
Course Description
Instructor: Judith Costello
Stretching over eleven hundred years of European history, the Middle Ages and Renaissance provided music for churches, courts, and country folk. It was during this time (500 C.E.-1600 C.E.) that many of the rules and conventions we still follow today — such as solmization (“do-re-mi”) and standardized music notation — were established.
Bio: Judith Mann Costello is a native of Oak Park, Illinois, where she divided her first 20 years between the family bookstore founded by her grandfather and the Frank Lloyd Wright home where she was raised. She has lived in NYC, Florida, and Michigan, and, since 1984, in the Atlanta area. Educated at Northwestern University and Hunter College, she holds a degree in Music Journalism from the University of South Florida. Following a long career as a classical music host for NPR stations WUSF and WFBE, Judith spent 25 years as academic and political officer for the Canadian Consulate General in Atlanta, retiring in 2013.