MHST 435 Chamber Music Literature from Mozart to Brahms
This course is a survey of Chamber Music literature from the 19th Century conducted primarily from a chronological standpoint. In the course of the semester we will situate the literature in three ways--as representative of a composer's individual style, as representative of the genre, and finally as part of the specific era from which it is drawn, whether that be the Classic or Romantic movement in Western Europe. Various interpretive strategies will be discussed (as Hausmusik, as conversation, etc) as well as the evolving conception of form. Composers covered include Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. (Note: While the lieder tradition is technically a chamber music tradition, in this course the focus is narrowed to only instrumental works.)