We need a historical frame of reference to be able to orientate and navigate in the huge amount of data and audiovisual material available today on the internet.

For contextual studies the basic textbook is A History of Western Music by Grout, Burkholder & Palisca.

It will be used for three years and is your first source of reference together with a subscription to the National Library (www.kb.nl) and the use of digital resources in the media center of Hanze University.