Barzun Study Questions (Week 4)

Barzun Study Questions:

Please answer these questions in complete sentences and provide page references for your answers.

Week 4:

1. What was the impact of Britain's foreign monarchs post-1066?
2. Compare/contrast the Protestant and Monarchy Revolutions: 
3. In what ways did Machiavelli's The Prince help to establish the foundations of the Monarchy Revolution? 
4. How did theology influence the political goals of the Puritans in England?

Lully's Turkish March

All People that on Earth do Dwell or Old Hundredth

Old Hundredth is a hymn tune from Pseaumes Octante Trois de David (1551) and is one of the best known melodies in all Christian musical traditions. The tune is usually attributed to the French composer Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510 – c.1560).

Although the tune was first associated with Psalm 134 in the Genevan Psalter, the melody receives its current name from an association with the 100th Psalm, in a translation by William Kethe entitled All People that on Earth do Dwell.

The Genevan Psalter was compiled over a number of years in the Swiss city of Geneva, a center of Protestant activity during the Reformation, in response to the teaching of John Calvin that communal singing of psalms in the vernacular language is a foundational aspect of church life. This contrasted with the prevailing Catholic practice at the time in which sacred texts were chanted in Latin by the clergy only. Calvinist musicians including Loys Bourgeois supplied many new melodies and adapted others from sources both sacred and secular. The final version of the psalter was completed in 1562. Calvin intended the melodies to be sung in plainsong during church services, but harmonized versions were provided for singing at home.

Barzun Study Questions (Week 3)

Barzun Study Questions:

Please answer these questions in complete sentences and provide page references for your answers.

Week 3:

What does Barzun mean when he says that "the sequence of dominant genres during our half-millennium has paralleled the march of the individual towards equality"? (pg. 153) 


How did protestant reforms of church music reflect the growth of individualism? (pg. 157)

In what ways did 16th century music express Europeans' interest in emancipation? (pg. 160) 

Monteverdi's Orfeo

                                                                          Monteverdi's Orfeo

Barzun Study Questions (Weeks 1 & 2)

Barzun Study Questions:

Please answer these questions in complete sentences and provide page references for your answers.

Weeks 1 & 2:

• Was Martin Luther a reformer or a revolutionary?
• What historical trends made Luther’s efforts succeed where others had failed?
• Compare and contrast the personalities and beliefs of Luther and Erasmus:
• What was Weber’s perspective on the Protestant Reformation?
• Explain how the themes of primitivism, individualism, and emancipation play out in Reformation theology?
• How did secularism emerge from the humanist tradition?
• How did the humanist tradition help to kindle the ‘idea’ of history in a way that hadn’t existed during the medieval era?
• How did the Renaissance change the status of the artist? 
• Although their ideas differed on some issues what themes linked the Eutopians? 
• In what ways did the Renaissance vision impact European exploration and its interaction with the New World?
• How did Montaigne impact the development of self-consciousness? 

Gesualdo Miserere

Week 1 Listening

A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing;

Our shelter He, amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing.

For still our ancient foe Doth seek to work us woe;

His craft and pow'r are great, And, armed with cruel hate,

On earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide, Our striving would be losing;

Were not the right Man on our side, The Man of God's own choosing.

Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;

Lord Sabaoth is His name, From age to age the same,

And He must win the battle.

And tho' this world, with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us;

We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.

The prince of darkness grim -- We tremble not for him;

His rage we can endure, For lo! his doom is sure,

One little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly pow'rs -- No thanks to them -- abideth:

The Spirit and the gifts are ours Thro' Him who with us sideth.

Let goods and kindred go, This mortal life also;

The body they may kill: God's truth abideth still,

His kingdom is forever.