Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: WORDS AND MUSIC

Department: Music

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: A study of the relationship between text and music in non-operatic solo vocal repertory drawn from a wide historical range. Topics will include: correspondences between musical and poetic forms, how a song transforms the text that it sets, how text expression has led composers to experiment with musical style.