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4.00 Credits
A survey of music-making in America from the Psalm tunes of the Puritans to the 18th century Yankee tunesmiths, the minstrel shows, the development of jazz, John Knowles-Paine, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, John Cage and beyond.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course includes in-depth studies of several representative genres of music from around the world, including their social or political contexts. Traditional and popular musics of the world can play important roles in religion, identity formation (gender, race, sexuality), tradition, education, agriculture, history preservation, political resistance and domination, protest, symbolism and entertainment. Students will learn to identify, classify and describe musical examples from several cultures by discerning musical styles, instrumental or vocal timbre, form and texture.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Historically, women have played an integral role in musical traditions around the world, although the extent of their contributions has only recently been recognized and studied in an academic context. This course will trace the development and current state of women's roles in music, including Western art music composers, performers, critics, and teachers: performers of popular American genres such as jazz, country, and rock; and performers of popular "World Beat" and traditional world musics.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course will be devoted to a study of the work of the three principal composers of the classical era: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven (early works). We will study the style characteristics, as well as the musical genres and forms employed.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Also known as Standard Repertoire, this rigorous course will cover concerti and symphonies, opera and ballet of the romantic era. Using late Mozart to introduce classical formats, we sample through the romantic period from Beethoven through Rachmaninoff. The music will be considered in the historical and national context. Attendance at designated live performances (primarily oncampus) is required and is comparable to a ?lab? for a 4-credit course.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
In this course, we will look at the development of 20th century music idioms and compositional techniques with their larger political and cultural contexts. We will study individual works by composers as well as overall composition trends. Understand of musical notation is required.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
"The History of American Folk and Country Music" is designed to broaden the students' knowledge of America's musical heritage through aural analysis of recorded and live music, as well as study of printed materials. In order to increase the knowledge of America's diverse musical heritage, students will be exposed to the contribution of European immigrants. African Americans, Hispanics, Franco-American and Native Americans.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore the historical development of African-American gospel music in the 20th Century. The course will began an examination of the pre-gospel era (pre-1900s-ca 1920), move on to gospel music's beginnings (ca. 1920s), and continue onto the present. The course will explore the musical sociological, political and religious influences that contributed to the development of the various gospel music eras and styles. Through class lectures, demonstrations, music listening, reading and writing assignments, students will learn about the significant musical and non-musical contributions of African American gospel artists and the historical development of African American gospel music. Students will also strive to gain an understanding of the African American musical aesthetic and to determine how it is retained and expressed with African American gospel music and other musical genres. The class is open to students, staff and faculty of all levels.(4 credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
(1-4 credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
(1-4 credits)
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