| Course Title: History of Western Music IV: Music Since 1950 |
| Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2024 |
| Description: The fourth in a four-semester survey of European and Eurocentric classical music, covering the period since 1950 and changes in how composers interacted with performers, audiences, critics, institutions, and society at large. We trace these changes through a fast-paced survey of representative works, including music by women composers, composers of color, and LGBTQ+ composers. We build skills in score reading, understanding musical forms and genres, interpreting primary sources, and writing music history. Course theme: Music and the Machine. How have new technologies of notation, recording, broadcast, and digital media affected music since 1950, and the ways it is performed and understood? |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Marie Comuzzo | mcomuzzo@mtholyoke.edu |
| Adeline Mueller (email: amueller@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 0) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions. |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | PRAT - Pratt Memorial Music Bldg | 109 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: MUSIC-100 or MUSIC-131 or passing Music Theory Placement Test. | Take previously | Required |
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| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 11 | Available: 7 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| No book purchases are required/recommended for this class. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| Copies are on order at https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393872439 |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: 978-0-393-87664-2 |