Spring Term 2020 TOP: MUSIC IN THE US - 3884 - MUCO 460 |
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Prerequisites/Notes: MUCO 212 or MUCO 202 Catalog Description : A study of a particular time and place, examining the relationship between social institutions, intellectual ideas, and music products. Topics in this series vary from year to year. May be repeated with consent of instructor. Topic for Spring 2020: Music in the United States What does it mean for music to “sound American”? This course introduces case studies in the history of concert music and experimental music in the United States since the late nineteenth century, comparing the different ways that composers such as Amy Beach, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Ruth Crawford, William Grant Still, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Steve Reich, and Joan Tower have sought to develop distinctly “American” styles and approaches. In addition to focusing on selected musical works by these and other composers, we will explore the institutions, canons, and narratives of “American” music. Attributes: Music Course, GER Fine Arts Div, 400-599 Advanced Course
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