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Apr 20, 2024
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Goucher College 2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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MUS 117 - Music in Western Civilization, 1750-1900 (3 Cr.) (LER-TXT)
This course examines the music of the Classical and Romantic periods in their historical and cultural contexts. The course covers the main styles and genres of each period and gives perspective on how the music changed and functioned in society as a result of both musical and non-musical forces (aristocratic and church support of music; Romanticism and the cult of creative genius; the effect of wars and social changes on music). Students will read many primary sources to broaden their understanding of musical development. Composers discussed include Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Brahms and Mahler. The course includes stylistic understanding of different the periods and composers through selected listening examples from the periods. Spring. Greenwood.
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