Symphonic Music in Western Culture

3 credits · Undergraduate

A course which will examine the way that the growing genres of symphony, concerto, and symphonic poem coincided with the development of the symphony orchestra as a cultural institution. Course work will include listening to repertory works by such composers as Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Walker, and Ustvolskaya and discussing the biographical and societal context that surrounded them. [3] (CORE A, C)