In Which Pan Cogito Checks To See Whether Modern And American Classical Music Is Still Studied At American Colleges And Universities
MUSI 033. The Art Song
A study of various solutions by various composers to the problems of relating poetry and music. The emergence of the German Lied in the 19th century (Schubert and Schumann); its later development (Brahms, Strauss, Wolf, Mahler, Schoenberg, and Berg); and its adaptation by French (Debussy, Ravel, and Messiaen) and American (Ives, Barber, and Crumb) composers. For students who are either singers or pianists, informal performances may replace papers.
Prerequisite: MUSI 011 or the equivalent.
1 credit.
*
MUSI 036. Music Since 1945
A study of contemporary concert music, including such composers as Messiaen, Crumb, Boulez, Cage, Babbit, Carter, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti. Electronic music, collage, chance and improvisation, and minimalism will also be examined as well as the current trends toward neo-Romanticism and stylistic pluralism.
Prerequisite: MUSI 011 or the equivalent.
1 credit.
*
MUSI 037. Contemporary American Composers
A study of the works and thought of six important American composers. The course will stress intensive listening and will include discussion meetings with each of the composers.
Open to all students without prerequisite.
1 credit.
*
MUSI 101. J.S. Bach
Study of Bach's compositions in various genres, examining music both as a reflection of and formative contribution to cultural history.
Prerequisites: MUSI 011-012. GERM 001B and RELG 004 or 005B are strongly recommended.
1 credit.
*
MUSI 102. Color and Spirit: Music of Debussy, Stravinsky, and Messiaen
A study of 20th-century music focusing on the great renewal of musical expressions, diverging from the Austro-German classic-Romantic tradition, found in the works of these three very individual composers, as well as the connections among them, and the resonance of their music in the work of their contemporaries and successors.
Prerequisite: MUSI 013 (concurrent enrollment possible by permission of the instructor).
1 credit.
*
MUSI 103. Mahler and Britten
This course is an intensive study of the music of two seminal 20th-century composers. We will consider song cycles by both composers and their connections to larger genres: Mahler's symphonies and Britten's operatic works, as well as the War Requiem.
Prerequisites: MUSI 011 to 014; a knowledge of German is recommended.
1 credit.
An Asian gamelan orchestra in Bali, Indonesia. This style of music has influenced much twentieth and early twenty-first century music; including that of Debussy, Bartok, Britten, Messiaen, Boulez, Birtwistle, and numerous American classical music composers such as Lou Harrison, Steve Reich, and Gerald Levinson.
Photo credit: (c) Galen Fry Singer. All rights reserved. With thanks.
A study of various solutions by various composers to the problems of relating poetry and music. The emergence of the German Lied in the 19th century (Schubert and Schumann); its later development (Brahms, Strauss, Wolf, Mahler, Schoenberg, and Berg); and its adaptation by French (Debussy, Ravel, and Messiaen) and American (Ives, Barber, and Crumb) composers. For students who are either singers or pianists, informal performances may replace papers.
Prerequisite: MUSI 011 or the equivalent.
1 credit.
*
MUSI 036. Music Since 1945
A study of contemporary concert music, including such composers as Messiaen, Crumb, Boulez, Cage, Babbit, Carter, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti. Electronic music, collage, chance and improvisation, and minimalism will also be examined as well as the current trends toward neo-Romanticism and stylistic pluralism.
Prerequisite: MUSI 011 or the equivalent.
1 credit.
*
MUSI 037. Contemporary American Composers
A study of the works and thought of six important American composers. The course will stress intensive listening and will include discussion meetings with each of the composers.
Open to all students without prerequisite.
1 credit.
*
MUSI 101. J.S. Bach
Study of Bach's compositions in various genres, examining music both as a reflection of and formative contribution to cultural history.
Prerequisites: MUSI 011-012. GERM 001B and RELG 004 or 005B are strongly recommended.
1 credit.
*
MUSI 102. Color and Spirit: Music of Debussy, Stravinsky, and Messiaen
A study of 20th-century music focusing on the great renewal of musical expressions, diverging from the Austro-German classic-Romantic tradition, found in the works of these three very individual composers, as well as the connections among them, and the resonance of their music in the work of their contemporaries and successors.
Prerequisite: MUSI 013 (concurrent enrollment possible by permission of the instructor).
1 credit.
*
MUSI 103. Mahler and Britten
This course is an intensive study of the music of two seminal 20th-century composers. We will consider song cycles by both composers and their connections to larger genres: Mahler's symphonies and Britten's operatic works, as well as the War Requiem.
Prerequisites: MUSI 011 to 014; a knowledge of German is recommended.
1 credit.
An Asian gamelan orchestra in Bali, Indonesia. This style of music has influenced much twentieth and early twenty-first century music; including that of Debussy, Bartok, Britten, Messiaen, Boulez, Birtwistle, and numerous American classical music composers such as Lou Harrison, Steve Reich, and Gerald Levinson.
Photo credit: (c) Galen Fry Singer. All rights reserved. With thanks.
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