Survey of Vocal Literature

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This course presents the history and development of the art song, including in-class performances and discussions. The song compositions of Italian, German, French, Spanish, Latin American, British and American composers will be covered. If time allows, Scandinavian, Russian and Slavic composers will be addressed as well. Performance and critical listening are the major emphases of the class. There will be assigned readings, a term paper with oral presentation and two songs by the composer chosen for the paper.