Between the Barlines

Welcome to back to season 2 of Between the Barlines! I'm your host, Dr. Maeve Berry, and in the first episode of season 2, we're diving back into our studies of music history and theory with one of the most revolutionary periods in history—the Renaissance. A time of rebirth, innovation, and exploration, the Renaissance redefined human thought and expanded the boundaries of science, art, and music....

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I’m your host, Dr. Maeve Berry https://earlymusicmuse.com/ Articles on performing medieval music: https://earlymusicmuse.com/performingmedievalmusic1of3/ https://earlymusicmuse.com/performingmedievalmusic2of3/ https://earlymusicmuse.com/performingmedievalmusic3of3/

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I’m your host, Dr. Maeve Berry, and today, we’re diving headfirst into the tying up the loose ends of our first season! We are going to explore the Ars Subtilior , Italian Trecento music, and the 14th-century madrigal.

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Today we are going to learn about one of the last concepts in medieval music that ultimately helps us transition to the Renaissance. This episode is all about the French “ formes fixes .” The formes fixes —which translates from French as "fixed forms"—were a set of structured poetic and musical forms popular in France between the 13th and 15th centuries. These...

Welcome back to Between the Barlines AND another episode of Music Theory Friday!! We’re diving into a concept that might not be on your radar 24/7 when we are talking about analyzing music in general, but this concept has played a vital role in the evolution of Western music. This concept is called isorhythm. Scores for Machaut isorhythmic motet: unedited: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QhfZ71iZ...

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Today, we’re diving into the world of 14th-century music. We will talk about Ars Nova and some contributing composers to this new movement.

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry, and I am thrilled that you’ve tuned into today’s episode! We are approaching the end of the medieval era, so before we dive into the renaissance era, I want to take the next three or so episodes to tie up all of the loose ends. In today’s episode, we’re talking about the origins of the motet—one of the most significant musical...

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! This is our third installment of music theory Fridays! This is a little bit of a mini episode because we only have one major thing to talk about. Our topic today deals with one of the earliest forms of Western polyphony: organum .

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I have a very exciting episode for you today because we’re taking a deep dive into one of the most pivotal developments in Western music: the rise of polyphony in the 13th century! We have been so focused on monophonic songs, including a trip to the church for Gregorian chant and a trip to places like France for the songs of the troubadours and trouvères and G...

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Today we are going to explore different types of songs prior to the renaissance era in western classical music! If you haven’t listened to any of the previous episodes from this season, please give those a listen because many of the aforementioned topics help us understand how the music we are going to start talking about today developed. Information taken fro...

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! You’re in for a very special episode today because it’s Music Theory Friday! Today we are going to wrap up important theory practices in the medieval era of music. These practices have helped shape how we teach and learn to sight read today. Link to video on using Guidonian Hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlleweQuq14&list=FLauoGSS-pPYvKwgqMVGgM4g

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry. In today’s episode, we are going to learn about more forms of chant that we see in a mass and explore a very important figure in the 12th century who was a prolific composer of sacred chant. Featured chant is taken from a concert performed in October of 2023 by Voices in Rochester, NY. Here is a link to that full concert which...

I hope you’re enjoying exploring what we classify as the medieval times in music. Today, we are going to take some time to learn about the parts of the mass, some of which are variable and others that are invariable. Recommended Recordings: Rheinberger Mass in E-flat major: https://open.spotify.com/album/1s80FVp437mFKdUa4Tm8hn?si=9Ck9dqN2Ree_2Pp9odri5Q Byrd Mass for 5 Voices: https://open.spotify....

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am especially excited for today’s episode, because we will only be talking about MUSIC THEORY! In order to help you study for large comprehensive music exams, I am going to take a couple of our Friday episodes to end the week to review some music theory topics. Following along chronologically in our learning, it only felt right to spend today’s short episode...

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! In today’s episode we will begin to take a look further down the timeline and talk about how the church provoked musical changes in the first millennium. Link to Noel Jones's guide on singing Gregorian chant notation: https://www.ststephenvc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/beginner-guide-chant.pdf

Today, we are going to chat about Ancient Greece and how much of what happened in the centuries between Babylonian times and the 1st Century AD have shaped the foundation of music.

In today's episode, join Dr. Maeve Berry in exploring antiquity in Mesopotamia and Asian countries before the first century AD. The episode touches on expansions in instruments, scales, and the usage of important ancient texts.

Today, Dr. Maeve Berry briefly explores the topic of monophony and how it has impacted the traditions of folk song, chant, and improvisation. Tune in to the next episode to dive a little deeper into certain areas of the world in which these topics flourished.

Dr. Maeve Berry explains the goal of beginning this podcast: helping YOU prepare for the most difficult portion of your degree!