MUS 201 - History and Literature of Music I

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

Music history and literature from the ancient Greeks through the Baroque. Includes emphasis on specific works and composers as representative of the evolution of Western music.

Prerequisite(s): MUS 125 or concurrent enrollment.
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - HUM and G; Meets - CTE - A&H and G.

Course Learning Outcomes

Discuss and date 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 and date composers and the work that they wrote.
Relate historical events and milieu with the music created.
Identify and date specific musical works by their sound and significant characteristics.

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