Course Number: 102*/3.0 X 3L (Course Code Explanation)

Open To: non-B.Mus. students

Area(s): Musicology/Ethnomusicology

Instructor(s): Dr. Kip Pegley

Term(s): B

Day(s) and Time(s): Th: 6.30-9.30

Room: WLH 205

Calendar Description

The history of Western art music from 1750 to the present. The course focuses on musical styles, genres, and composers, as well as historical and social contextual considerations.

NOTE Students registered in a MUSC Plan (other than the MUSC Minor/General) should not register in this course.

Prerequisite(s) / Corequisite(s) / Exclusion(s)

• EXCLUSION No more than 3.0 units from MUSC 102/3.0; MUSC 203/3.0.
• EXCLUSION No more than 3.0 units from MUSC 102/3.0; MUSC 204/3.0.

Additional Information

This course introduces students with no previous musical training to major trends in Western art music from about 1750 to the present day. MUSC 102 is the complementary course to MUSC 101, but it is designed so that it can be taken as an independent half-course. Persons registered in the course will acquire some fundamental vocabulary associated with the grammar of music, the names and sounds of instruments, and performance practices. This language will help equip participants for examining specific works in the historical context of the Western cultural tradition. We will begin with stylistic and generic currents active around the time of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach and proceed through "classical", "romantic", and twentieth-century phases.

Students should anticipate attendance at lectures and assigned readings and critical listening to specified compositions. The grading scheme will be based on a midterm test and final examination (each containing both written work and listening exercises), as well as written assignments.