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Solo vocal and choral music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras from Gregorian chant to Bach. Topics include text expression through music, historical approaches to vocal compositional styles and performance practices (a cappella and accompanied), and responses to early music by later composers (Lauridsen, Whitacre, Respighi, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Orff, Pärt). Some consideration of the use of early music in film and television (Lord of the Rings, Dangerous Liaisons, Shakespeare in Love, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Game of Thrones).