MUSIC 365 - Avant-garde Music

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Reed College

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Description:

Full course for one semester. The term "avant-garde" was applied to music, such as Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" or Varése's "Ionisation," that broke with techniques of the past, but also to works like Satie's "Relache," which challenged and destabilized the very notion of an art work. These tendencies flowered after World War II with the music and ideas of Cage, Boulez, Stockhausen, Xenakis, Berio, and Feldman; this course will primarily study this literature. We will also study composers of the American "maverick" line, such as Ives, Cowell, Harrison, Partch, and Lucier. Conference. Not offered 20

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.reed.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 771-1112

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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