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This course will explore a variety of topics relating to why we listen to and enjoy popular music. Topics will include what music means, how and why we respond to it emotionally, and how popular music relates to contemporary society and culture. O_ered every third year. (Writing Requirement) CHAMBERLAIN
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Continuation of MUS 110, with the addition of keyboard techniques. Topics include the harmonic progression, triads in inversion, non-chord tones, and an introduction to phrases, periods, and their role in creating musical form. Prerequisite: MUS 110. (Fine Arts) STILWELL
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3.00 Credits
Learning to understand Western art music through historical study and perceptive listening. Does not count toward the Music major or minor. ( Humanities)
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Improvisation in American jazz, including daily performing experiences in these styles. Prerequisite: MUS 310. O_ered every third year. (Fine Arts) CHAMBERLAIN
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An introduction to opera as a genre and a study of selected masterpieces. The course will involve both traditional investigations and newer scholarly approaches from areas such as \queer studies" and feminist scholarship. Themes of the course will be those of the operas studied: politics, gender, class, love, death, sexuality, the individual within society, religion, and, of course, the union of music and drama. Ability to read music not required. O_ered subject to availability of faculty. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. (Humanities) MARTIN
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Rock music from its origins in African-American blues to the present. Examination of the music's interaction with ethnicity, racism, capitalism, sexism, and politics. Open to all students. O_ered subject to availability of faculty. (Humanities) MARTIN
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Avant-garde music of the twentieth century and the ways it has challenged previously-held musical and aesthetic values. Ives, Satie, Futurism, Dadaism, Duchamp, Var_ese, Cage, and beyond. Experimental works and ideas in arts other than music. Open to all students. O_ered subject to availability of faculty. (Humanities) MARTIN
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Jazz in America from its roots in Africa and Western Europe to present-day styles and practices. Open to all students. O_ered every third year. (Humanities) CHAMBERLAIN 90 Music Cornell College | 2008-09 Academic Catalogue
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3.00 Credits
The roles of women in the history of Western music with special emphasis on the music of women composers. Exploration of issues surrounding gender and musical style. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W). (Humanities) STILWELL
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3.00 Credits
Study of a selected topic. May be repeated for credit if content is di_erent. See Index. Topics Courses.
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