Shay researches and writes about the music of Henry Purcell and of seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England. Publications include the book Purcell Manuscripts: The Principal Musical Sources (Cambridge University Press, co-authored with Robert Thompson), a recipient of the Music Library Association’s Vincent H. Duckles Award, given annually to “the best book-length bibliography or other research tool in music.” Articles have appeared in the journals Early Music, Music & Letters, and Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, and in the books Purcell Studies (Cambridge University Press) and King Arthur in Music (D. S. Brewer). He has published a new critical edition of Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas (Bärenreiter; Kassel, Germany, April 2023), and is currently completing a second opera edition for Bärenreiter, Purcell's King Arthur.
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Historical musiocology, source studies, seventeenth century, England
MUEL 3822 - Words and Music
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Spring 2026
Explores the interaction between words and music in song. Students will consider how such features as rhyme, rhythm, tone, and the connotations of particular words contribute to meaning in poetry; how rhythm, tempo, dynamics, mood, and instrumentation contribute to meaning in music; and how words and music coalesce in song to make a new meaning.
MUSC 4202 - Special Topic in Musicology
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Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2024 / Summer 2025 / Spring 2026
Examination of a specific topic of current or critical interest within areas of music history, ethnomusicology, critical theoryand practice across the spectrum of Western, Popular and World Music traditions. Designed as a capstone course for music majors who have completed a full complement of musicology courses. Topics vary from term to term. Instructor consent is required for non-music majors.
MUSC 4852 - 17th and Early 18th Century Music
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Spring 2024
Examines music and writings about music from the Baroque era. Emphasizes cultural and musical analysis and surveys current musicological literature. Same as MUSC 5852.
MUSC 5708 - Introduction to Music Bibliography and Research
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Spring 2022 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
Explores basic informational sources about music and musicians; a study of citation formats, research methodologies and writing techniques employed in music research papers, theses and dissertations. Intended to increase students' information fluency. Required in all master's degree programs.
MUSC 5712 - Renaissance Music
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Spring 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2025
Provides a repertory and analysis of polyphonic music, 1400-1600. Same as MUSC 4712.
MUSC 5852 - 17th and Early 18th Century Music
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Fall 2022 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Examines music and writings about music from the Baroque era. Emphasizes cultural and musical analysis and surveys current musicological literature. Same as MUSC 4852.
MUSC 6822 - Advanced Studies in Musicology
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Fall 2023 / Spring 2025
Intensive study of a specialized topic in musicology. Students will be guided in critical reading, historical or ethnographic issues, analysis, oral presentations, and independent research. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
MUSC 7822 - Seminar in Musicology
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Fall 2022 / Fall 2025
Required of all musicology majors before completion of comprehensive examinations. A different research area is designated each semester. Offered fall only.
