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4.00 Credits
A broad survey of theater in the United States, designed to acquaint students with the main figures, companies, plays, productions and stylistic currents that have defined the American stage since the revolution. Emphasizes the native and multi-cultural features of our theater's development, while taking due note of the influences from Europe. Also introduces students to some of the impulses, both traditional and avant garde, which have characterized the American theater since mid-century. Part of the American artistic experience, the ESL concentration, and the theatre arts concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the history and development of the orchestra and its repertoire from the Baroque to the present, focusing on works commonly performed by American orchestras. In conjunction with concert attendance requirements, special attention is given to works performed by area orchestras. In addition, various business, legal, cultural and artistic aspects of the modern American orchestra are addressed. Part of the American artistic experience concentration; the music concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course will survey the development of American Jazz music, highlighting representative composers and performers and significant works. Particular attention will be drawn to the multi-racial influences on the creation of jazz music and its relationship to American culture as a whole. Part of the American artistic experience concentration; the music concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course is a study of various aspects of music in different historical environments with emphasis on analogies between music and the other arts. Part of the music concentration and minor. May also be taken as an elective. Students may register for course only with permission of the instructor. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course will examine some recent trends in American drama and theater, focusing largely on the apparent influence of television and other mass media on playwriting and performance conventions from the past two decades. Central to the course will be an examination of how traditional models of playwriting and performance rooted in casually-oriented narrative have been abandoned or at least undermined by a number of contemporary American theater artists. Part of the American artistic experience concentration and the theatre arts concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide an overview of several major movements associated with modern European drama and theater with a survey of various plays associated with these movements. These plays will be situated within appropriate historical contexts to illuminate the significance of the works. Emphasis will be placed on how the various plays and movements, while employing similar devices and conventions, nonetheless, differ from each other in tenor and content, and in the end, toward which they were directed. Part of the theatre arts concentration and minor and may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Many of the characteristics of art music, up to the present day, have their beginnings in the late eighteenth century. This course explores the creation and performance of music within the context of European cultural, political and artistic ideals from 1740 to 1800 with particular attention given to the works of Haydn and Mozart. Part of the music concentration and minor; the German language/culture concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
A course designed to explore selected music cultures of North America, South America, and Africa through an examination of their musical, sociological, philosophical and aesthetic values. The primary goal of the course will be to expand understanding of and perceptions about music both outside and within Western cultural traditions. The methodology will involve using traditional techniques of music analysis and "comparative musicology" along with special techniquesfor listening to and analyzing non-western music, in an examination of musical elements, music-making processes, instruments, the function/purposes of music in various cultures, and selected readings from allied disciplines. Students will have opportunities for experimental (hands-on) activities depending on size and make-up of the class. Part of the music concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore selected music cultures of India, Asia, East Asia, and Central/Southeastern Europe through an examination of their musical, sociological, philosophical, and aesthetic values. The primary goal of the course will be to expand understanding of and perceptions about music both outside and within Western cultural traditions. The methodology will involve using traditional techniques of music analysis and "comparative musicology" alongwith special techniques for listening to and analyzing non-western music, in an examination of musical elements, music making processes, instruments, the functions/purposes of music in various cultures, and selected readings from allied disciplines. Students will have opportunities for experiential (hands-on) activities depending on size and make-up of the class. Part of the music concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4
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4.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the history of African-American music through an examination of the major forms of music-making and dance developed among African-Americans in the United States from the early 17th century to the present. A brief introduction to West African cultural characteristics, especially music and dance, as well as discussion of the African diasporas in the New World will serve as background for this survey. Part of the American artistic experience concentration; the music concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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