MUS 3220 - Western Music History II

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): MUS 3210 and MUS 2130

Description: This course is intended for music majors. It comprises a comprehensive survey of Western music history and musical style through the examination of musical scores and primary and secondary source readings. This course traces the musical developments of the Classical era in the late eighteenth century, followed by a study of the development of musical style and aesthetics in the Romantic era of the nineteenth century. The course finishes with an overview of the radical musical developments of the twentieth century and considers new musical trends at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or MUS.

Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3221