A brief survey of the history of Western music from the Middle Ages to the present. Much attention will be paid to the direct experience of listening to music and attendance of concerts.
Class consists of lectures, listening labs, and live performances.
American Music Music 8 is designed to study the development of music in America. The focus will be both on the vernacular traditions including hymn singing, country music, jazz, blues, big band, rock, etc., as well as the cultivated traditions of various composers from William Billings to John Cage. A course on folk and popular musics of the world, all geographic regions. Opera Music 12 will consist of lectures, listening labs, and films. Assigned readings and listening to materials on reserve in the Central Library prepares students for class presentations.