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4.00 Credits
A chronological survey of music in the western world for both music majors and non-majors with special attention paid to listening for content and to comprehending musical genre and form in their historical context. The fall semester will cover music from its earliest notated forms through the works of Ludwig van Beethoven. The second semester will cover works from the outbreak of Romanticism in the works of Franz Schubert through the recent avant-garde. Concert attendance and directed listening will be an integral part of this course. Students may enter the course in the spring. ( Fall) (Spring)
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of, and insights into, the development of one of America's great art forms - jazz. A critical examination will be made of the musical ingredients through listening and participation. In addition, rock music, and its differences and relationships to jazz, will be explored. ( Spring)
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3.00 Credits
The main activities of the course include listening to music, viewing films, and reading biography. We will analyze three musical masterpieces by Chopin, Mozart, and Beethoven and examine popular and scholarly biography by comparing films to academic sources. The class will visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for viewing of materials in the Collection Musical Instruments related to world music. ( Intersession) (Summer)
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3.00 Credits
This course for majors and non-majors explores the history of one of America's art forms - musical theatre -- from its originsin the 19th Century up to the present. All aspects of the development of the musical are explored, with a particular emphasis on composers and lyricists. Course includes listening and viewing assignments. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an intensive survey of the music literature of the 19th century. The musicological skills developed will enable the student to demonstrate an understanding of this period through analysis, listening and discussion of works from Beethoven's last style period through the works of Brahms and Mahler at the turn of the century. A major research project will introduce students to bibliographic skills in music research. Prerequisite: MUT 1033: Comprehensive Musicianship II, or permission of the instructor. ( Spring '08)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar examines a golden age of music history, the transition from the middle of the eighteenth century to the era of Beethoven. Through the works of the era's three outstanding composers, we will understand the development of classic genres, the changing world of patronage and public concerts, and the establishment of binary- and ternary-based musical forms. Class work will require listening quizzes, two examinations, and a major analytical or historical paper. Prerequisite: Survey of Western Music I and II and one year of music theory. ( Spring '09)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines significant musical development from the Post-Romantic composers at the turn of the century to the most recent Post-Modern works in the international style. Coursework will include analysis, research and discussion of the period's important compositions, with an emphasis on the skills necessary for the Music Senior Listening Examination. Requirements include a major research paper on a twentiethcentury topic, listening quizzes and two examinations. Prerequisite: MUH 2012: Survey of Western Music II, MUT 2041: Comprehensive Musicianship III, ability to read scores. (Fall)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar course in world music will introduce students to topics and techniques in Ethno-musicology. After an initial survey of the music cultures of the Pacific basin, the musics of Africa, India, China and Japan will be studied in greater detail. Students will develop a major project based upon one of these music cultures. A museum visit to study musical instruments will be an important component of the course. ( Spring '09)
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3.00 Credits
This class explores the career of the Beatles-from their beginnings in Liverpool through the band's breakup in 1970- from cultural and musical points of view. Historical readings and primary sources will analyze the social context in which the Beatles worked and the ways in which the group reinvented itself and their music. Prerequisite: MUH 2041: Comprehensive Musicianship III. (Spring 2008)
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3.00 Credits
Seminars in the history Musical Theatre explore the historical progression of the American musical from its origins in nineteenth-century operetta, vaudeville and minstrelsy to the present, exploring both the "show" quality for the musical and the "Business" aspects of the profession. Sondheim will introduce students to the musical theatre of Stephen Sondheim, focusing on the artistic and ideological construct of his musical theatre career. The class will employ a distinct method of instruction to provide a course based in theatrical theory and practice. Students will listen, view, read and discuss Sondheim's musical plays in an effort to apply theories of close reading and application to his lyrics and the texts of his collaborators, culminating in a major research project. This course will fulfill the W/R requirement of the College. Prerequisite: MUH/DTH 2235: American Musical Theatre preferred or other 2000 level Music History class with permission of instructor.
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