Twentieth Century Music
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Overview
Subject area
MUS
Catalog Number
2207
Course Title
Twentieth Century Music
Description
"Innovations in music since the turn of the century. The contributions of Debussy, Bartok, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Webern, Varese, etc., are reviewed and discussed. The traditional musical landmarks of the past are studied in terms of recent aesthetic considerations. The structural foundations which served the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are considered in terms of how contemporary composers have altered and reshaped them. The avant-garde ideas of musique concrete, electronic and aleatoric music are treated in depth."SATISFIES FLEXIBLE CORE- CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Pre- or Corequisite
034626
Liberal Arts
Yes
Department(s)
Credits
Minimum
3
Max
3
Components
Name
Lecture
Contact Hours
3