Listed in: European Studies, as EUST-42 | Music, as MUSI-42
Jenny L. Kallick (Section 01)
(Offered as MUSI 42 and EUST 42.) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) are arguably the two greatest symphonic composers after Beethoven. In this course we will compare and contrast their highly charged music and explore the eras in which they worked--for Mahler, imperial Vienna on the eve of World War I, and for Shostakovich, revolutionary Russia under the tyrannical reign of Joseph Stalin. The class will attend Mahler and Shostakovich performances in New York and Boston, particularly as the musical world marks Mahler's 150th birthday in 2010 and the 100th anniversary of his death in 2011. Fulfills either the departmental seminar requirement or the comprehensive exam requirement for the major.
Requisite: Music 31 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