Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: "C" or better in (MUSC 3550 AND (MUSC 3635 OR MUSC 3645 OR MUSC 3660 OR MUSC 3655).
Description
Meets with MUSIC 6630. An advanced study of western European music of the second half of the eighteenth century, this course investigates the cultural and intellectual conditions and trends of the era (ca.1740-1820) and examines a cross-section of works by composers who especially shaped the Classical style. Consideration of specific theoretical and performance issues will extend students? comprehension of the music of the Age of Enlightenment.