Music 257 - MUSIC SINCE 1900

This course offers a survey of European and American classical music from tumultuous 20th century to the present day. We examine music’s participation in aesthetic movements such as modernism, expressionism, neo-classicism and postmodernism as well as its direct engagement with history. Our methods include both analysis and reading recent scholarly work. Composers studied included Debussy, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Copland, Cage, Boulez and Glass. Prerequisites: MUS 110 or permission of instructor.