4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ICrepeatable for credit
Explores select musical forms and styles drawn from the Western art music canon, from the Middle Ages to the present. Introduces fundamental musical concepts and vocabulary. Analyzes selected works in terms of sound, style, and performance practice. These works are contextualized in relation to their sociohistorical context, expectations of patrons and audiences, composer’s life and oeuvre, and musical and cultural significance, among other factors. May be repeated once.