Episode 115 - Medieval Music and Disease with Karen Cook

<p><a href="https://www.hartford.edu/directory/hartt/cook-karen.aspx⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Karen Cook</a> (University of Hartford) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss some of her work on medieval music. Karen begins with an overview of medieval music - its purposes, context, instruments and the people who made it. She then moves on to speak about music related to epidemics - which is generally identified through its lyrics - with some analogies to Covid. The conversation then expands to include reception and medievalism, singling out a few video games that have used medieval or medieval-like music, as well as establishing new genres where contemporary pop music receives a “medieval” cover. </p> <p>Visit our website for links to the many music pieces Karen mentioned!</p> <p><br><br> </p>