Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2019-2020
MUSI 537 - SATIE, COCTEAU, AND LES SIX
Long Title: SATIE, COCTEAU, & LES SIX: PARIS IN THE 1920s AND BEYOND
Department: Music
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: A study of the musical realization of Apollinaire's "new spirit" in the works of Erik Satie, as promoted by Jean Cocteau circa 1918, and the attraction that this new aesthetic had for young composers known as Les Six. With special attention to the works of Francis Poulenc, especially those represented in the Lambiotte Poulenc Archive housed in the Woodson Research Center.