Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Music

Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR APB 1705 (21-AUG-2017 - 1-DEC-2017) 

Session: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 3

 

Section Max Enrollment: 15

Section Enrolled: 5

Enrollment data as of: 1-DEC-2023 7:56AM

 

 

Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules Exam

 

Description: Advanced study in selected topics in music history of the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics may vary. Please consult with the department for additional information. FALL 2017 SECTION ONE: 19TH CENTURY FRENCH OPERA/OPERETTA Follows Parisian opera culture through the nineteenth century, from Auber's reinvention of grand opera in the 1820s, through the satirical operettas of Offenbach in the 1850s, and finally to the impact of Wagner on Parisian opera at the end of the century. SECION TWO: MUSIC MEANING INTERPRETATION This course will take three cornerstones of the Western Classical tradition - the Bach B-minor Mass, Beethoven late string quartets, and Debussy piano preludes - as case studies to explore questions of musical meaning and interpretation. Repeatable for Credit.