MUS 202 - History and Literature of Music II

3 Contact Hours, 3 Credits
3 lecture periods 0 lab periods

Music history and literature from Bach to the present. Includes emphasis on specific works and composers as representative of the evolution of Western music.

AGEC Gen-Ed: A&H
CTE Gen-Ed: A&H and G

Course Learning Outcomes

Discuss the historical development of Western music.
Distinguish styles of various periods of music and their composers.
Discuss important literature (music and theories) of Western music.
Discuss composers and the works they wrote.
Relate historical events and milieu with the music created.
Identify specific musical works by their sound and significant characteristics.
Identify music works used as an agent for understanding current global challenges and how that music influences strategies for positive change in a variety of media.

Outline:

Analysis of Important Large and Small Musical Works
Research and Readings in the History of Music
Listening and Analysis of Works by Important Composers from Each Period
Aesthetics of Composers and Periods
Musical Theories of Periods
Genres and Forms of Each Era
Social and Political Milieu
Cultural Centers and Dissemination of Ideas
Dates and Chronologies of Composers and Their Works