MUSC-202 Music Literature in Context I
This course will blend both theoretical analyses of specific representative musical masterworks with an investigation into the works' historical and stylistic context. To this end, there will be 1) study of specific historical readings, 2) analytical and historical study of certain pivotal masterworks of music and their composers, 3) student analyses of these works with an aim to understanding their architectural and organic lifeblood, how the works functioned within their composers' oeuvre, and their historical context, and 4) student presentations of their findings.