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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Fall 2019 |
Registration ID | MUSCH111A001 |
Course Title | A Musical Millennium |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Music |
Instructor | Gray,Myron |
Times and Days | MW 12:45pm-02:15pm
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Room Location | UNMAC |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2418 When does music history begin in the West? How has Western music evolved and—just as importantly—why? This course teaches students to hear how musical style changes over time while considering the social and technological conditions that underpin such changes. We listen closely and critically to works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Stravinsky, among others, discussing these using a precise shared vocabulary. At the same time, we read historical documents closely related to musical sound: Bach’s frustrating negotiations with his church employers; Wolfgang Mozart’s intimate letters to his father and musical mentor, Leopold; the emotional testament in which Beethoven grapples with his hearing loss. Ultimately, we traverse a thousand years to discover how Western music went from being a liturgical ritual of plain, unaccompanied song to an extravagant secular form of entertainment for elite audiences in modern cities. No prior musical knowledge is required. Div: III; Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: HU, A) |
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