Fire the Cannon: A History of Classical Music in Europe and the United States

3 Credits

An examination of the so-called classical music tradition in Europe and the United States in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Students analyze the formation of the classical music canon. Students also consider music outside the traditional parameters of the canon, gaining an understanding of the personal, cultural, and political forces that shape and reshape the canon to the present day. Attribute/Distribution: HE, W