MSC 218 - Music in the Twentieth Century

Institution:

Providence College

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Description:

1 semester, 3 credits ( Fine Arts Core) This course is a study of 20th-century art music, tracing its roots in post-Romanticism and Impressionism and its development throughout the century. Emphasis is given to important composers, including Stravinsky, Bartok, Schoenberg, Copland, Cage, and Varese, as well as major musical trends, primitivism, nationalism, neoclassicism, neo-romanticism, serialism, electronic music, and aleatoric approaches.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.providence.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 865-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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