Narrative Strategies in Nineteenth-Century Music: Gender, Identity, and Social Politics

3 credits · Undergraduate

An interdisciplinary survey of nineteenth-century instrumental music, focusing on the narrative potential of nineteenth-century musical conventions and their relationship to other aspects of nineteenth-century Western culture. Representative musical works will be studied within the context of broader social and cultural issues, including gender, race, class, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, and identity. PREREQUISITES: Permission of the instructor CROSSLISTED: MUSC 4355.03 FORMATS: Seminar