Midterm General Directions
Submitted by Jenny L. Kallick
on Friday, 10/16/2009, at 7:02 PM
Listed in: Music, as MUSI-23
Jenny L. Kallick (Section 01)
The third of three courses in the Music and Culture series, this course focuses on the experimental and revolutionary musical repertoire of the late nineteenth and twentieth century. Some of the featured repertoire in 2009-10 includes 1) string quartets by Béla Bartók (1881-1945) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975); 2) songs by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Charles Ives (1874-1954), and Bob Dylan (1941-); 3) ballet, film, and music theatre music by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Aaron Copland (1900-1990), Bernard Hermann (1911-1975), Leonard Bernstein (1920-1989), John Adams (1947-), Stephen Sondheim (1930-), Michael Giacchino (1967-). Assignments will include close listening, background readings, short essays, midterms, and a culminating presentation. This course may be elected individually or in conjunction with other Music and Culture courses (Music 21 and 22). Two class meetings per week.
Requisite: Reading knowledge of music and background in music fundamentals or consent of the instructor. Fall semester. Professor Kallick.
Section 01
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM ARMU 212
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM ARMU 212