Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

MLSC 520 - ART MUSIC/WESTERN EURO CULTURE

Long Title: ART MUSIC IN WESTERN EUROPEAN CULTURE
Department: School of Continuing Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Liberal Studies
Description: This course will trace music from the medieval courts and cathedrals to twentieth and twenty-first century concert halls. It will be taught using selected pieces of music representative of a specific time, place and situation in western Europe and western Russia. Music tells a great deal about how a society functions; it opens windows to social history, philosophy, concepts of math and of science, art, literature and architecture. Department Permission Required.