MUS 138
Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music
Spring 2017
Division I
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Class Details
Twentieth-century Euro-American art music involved a persistent exploration of the limits of musical possibility. Encounters with this music often challenge our ears and musical minds and require us to reconsider fundamental conceptions of music itself. Throughout the course, we will investigate in what ways the basic elements of music (e.g., harmonic organization, rhythm, timbre, instrumentation and performance conventions) were extended and revolutionized. Topics and styles to be discussed include: atonality, expressionism, twelve-tone techniques, neoclassicism, electronic and computer music, stochastic music, minimalism, and neoromanticism. We will also consider the music of this century in relation to contemporary developments in the other arts and to popular musical styles. The syllabus will include works by such composers as Debussy, Mahler, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Webern, Bartók, Weill, Milhaud, Shostakovich, Ives, Copland, Babbitt, Stockhausen, Messiaen, Boulez, Berio, Cage, Górecki, Glass, Gubaidulina, and Tower.
The Class:
Format: lecture/discussion
Limit: 19
Expected: 12
Class#: 3719
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 12
Class#: 3719
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation will be based on a series of quizzes, projects, short papers, and performance reports; quizzes will include listening and identifying examples
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
juniors, seniors, Music majors and potential majors
Distributions:
Division I
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MUS 138 - 01 (S) LEC Intro to 20th Century Music
MUS 138 - 01 (S) LEC Intro to 20th Century MusicDivision ITR 11:20 am - 12:35 pm
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