May 07, 2024  
2022-2023 William R. Kellett School of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Academic Catalog 
    
2022-2023 William R. Kellett School of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MU 634 - Modern Western Art Music

Semester Hours: 3
This course examines major trends in twentieth- and twenty-first century Western Art Music including jazz, atonality and serialism, mid-century symphonic music; popular music, concert music, and performance art since 1945. Music will be viewed, discussed, and analyzed through the lenses of place, politics, philosophy, and process. The impact of non-Western music, nationalism, censorship, and advances in technology will be examined to understand the shape of music from this period.



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