Music Analysis II

Catalog description

MUSC-2020, Music Analysis II, covers music from the end of the 19th & beginning of the 20th century, including Debussy, Stravinksy, Schoenberg, and Boulez. to the composers of today, including composers like Saariaho, Furrer, Czernowin, and Fure. In this class, selected compositions that represent significant developments in composition in the 20th and 21st Centuries will be studied to give you a clear representation of the many styles of composition that have grown out of these centuries. As we move through the 20th and 21st Centuries, we will also look at other musics that arose and influenced or were influenced by the composers of the classical world, as well as some music that may not have any connection but is valuable to understanding music of the 20th and 21st centuries.