MUS 347 /647 - History of Opera and Musical Theater

Institution:

University of Redlands

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Description:

May Term (3 credits). Survey of the development of music and theatre, and their inevitable marriage from the early Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Hebrew civilizations through medieval liturgical drama and pastoral plays, arriving at the eventuality of opera in the Seventeenth Century. Subsequent maturation of opera, and the delineation of Twentieth-Century models of operetta and popular musical theatre. NU and EV only. Offered in alternate years.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.redlands.edu

Phone Number:

(909) 793-2121

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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