Music Professor Christine Getz publishes book chapter on music in historic Milan

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Christine Getz
Christine Getz

University of Iowa Professor Christine Getz has published a book chapter titled “Music in the 16th and 17th Centuries” in a history volume, A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Milan: The Distinctive Features of an Italian State.

The book was edited by Andrea Gamerini, an associate professor in the University of Milan’s history department, and published by Brill, a publishing house known for its international focus. A formal, televised presentation of the book was held on June 8 at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, a historic library in Milan, Italy. A panel of well-known historians discussed the importance of the book and its content. The two chapters on music, one of which was penned by Getz, were among those discussed at length.

Getz is a professor in the School of Music, part of the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Her research interests include music, culture, and sacred music in early modern Milan, and she is the author of two books focused on these subjects.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.