MUSI 3040

Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Music

Course Description

Prerequisites

MUSI 3310

Disciplines

Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry, Historical Perspectives

Study of art music in the 20th century. Examines ways in which the aims and functions of European/US musical art were re-imagined, particularly in association with modernism. Explores the century's radical shifts in musical language and their relationship with the pressing cultural, political, and social concerns of the period. Fulfills part of the 'Critical and comparative studies in music' requirement for majors. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310