Special attention is paid to musical developments with related developments in other arts. A technical knowledge of music is presupposed. MU152 or permission of instructor. A survey of music from the Rococo to the present. Major composers and their works are discussed and experienced.
Special attention is paid to musical developments with related developments in other arts.
A technical knowledge of music is presupposed. MU152 or permission of instructor. MU212 Jazz History 3 credits This uniquely American art is traced from its humble beginnings in the work songs and spirituals of the Old South to ragtime and the early years of New Orleans Dixieland, to the sophisticated, multifaceted jazz of today. The impact that music has had on the popular culture of North America and Western Europe since the mid-1950s. Concurrent historical events and movements are studied in some detail as are trends in other arts.