MHST 222 Survey: Music in Western Culture,1720-2000
This course is a survey. The principal objective is to study stylistic developments in music from the Enlightenment to the 20th century, and to explore the social-cultural frameworks in which those developments took place. We will examine representative works by leading composers to gain an understanding of the principles and practices of music making at various points in time throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Course requirements include weekly listening and reading assignments, weekly quizzes and three exams.