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This course is a sequence of two one-semester seminars. The first, given in the fall, covers the history of conceptual ideas from ancient Greece to the theories of harmony and form of the 19th century. This seminar will cover technical matters, such as theories of pitch and rhythm, as well the early Greek idea of harmony, the concepts of music as the aspect of life in early Patristic thought, and the Cartesian reinterpretation of musical rationality. Together with the musical matters, basic knowledge of literature and languages (ancient Greek, Latin, Italian, French, German and Russian) will be given.