Shukla, Saraswathi

Research

My work brings together the study of 17th- and 18th-century musical practices, particularly as they pertain to instrumental music, and the 20th- and 21st-century revivals of historical performance. I examine the early music movement as a modern renaissance, inspired by 17th- and 18th- century antecedents and shaped by 20th- and 21st-century political and aesthetic values. As such, my research is multidisciplinary and transhistorical and relies on methodologies and sources that are relatively new to both fields.

Baroque music, instrumental music, keyboard culture, material culture, early modern studies, historiography, early music movement

MUSC 3802 - History of Western Music 1
Primary Instructor - Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Surveys Western art music with stylistic analysis of representative works from all major periods through the Baroque. See also MUSC 3812.
MUSC 3812 - History of Western Music 2
Primary Instructor - Spring 2024
Surveys Western art music with stylistic analysis of representative works from all major periods after the Baroque. See also MUSC 3802.
MUSC 4752 - Women in Music
Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
Examines the role of women as creators and performers of Western Music. Explores related issues in musicology, including canon formation, reception history and feminist aesthetics. Same as MUSC 5752.
MUSC 4772 - History of Opera
Primary Instructor - Fall 2023
Examines representative operas from the 17th through the 21st centuries. Emphasizes both cultural and analytical aspects and surveys related musicological literature. Same as MUSC 5772.
MUSC 5752 - Women in Music
Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
Examines the role of women as creators and performers of Western Music. Explores related issues in musicology, including canon formation, reception history and feminist aesthetics. Same as MUSC 4752.