MUSI 248 - Music and Ideas III — Modernism and its Challenges

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

This course begins with progressive composers Berlioz, Liszt, and Wagner and traces the development of their schools of thought through the late nineteenth century, the rising importance of popular song and jazz in the twentieth century along with major composers who have found new expression within classical traditions, and “postmoderns” who have worked to bridge genres. Alexander Bonus.

Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105/MUSI 106 and MUSI 247, or permission of the instructor.

Two 75-minute periods plus an additional listening/discussion period.

Course Format: CLS