Course Title:
Historical Traditions 2: Classical
Course Description:
Provides an overview of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early twentieth-century Western music in cultural and stylistic contexts. Covers some of the best-known figures in classical music: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and Stravinsky. Considers why and how the great tradition of tonal music defines classical music even today. Uses scores to help understand the different ways music can be written and the different aesthetic definitions of beauty, pleasure, and meaning in sound.
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Summer 1 Offering:
Prerequisite 1:
MUS U308
Summer 2 Offering:
Prerequisite 2:
ENG U111
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Repeatable:
N
Additional Information:
Approved course: NU Core-Writing Intensive in Major
