MUSIC 351 - Writing about Music

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Bard College

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Description:

Drama criticism has been called "the art of tattooing soap bubbles," and music criticism often seems an even more quixotic endeavor. How do you pin down, in words on a page, the passage of sound waves in fleeting time? This course explores many strategies for writing about music: critical, analytical, descriptive, historical, philosophical, objective, and subjective. Students must fulfill weekly writing assignments in response to recordings and live concerts (pop, classical, jazz, world music, avant-garde). They also read samples of music writing, from early critics such as E. T. A. Hoffman and Robert Schumann to current cultural magazines. For both music majors and nonmusicians.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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