SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Major genres and composers in Europe and the United States.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MUSIC 212 or declared in Music, Music: Education, or Music: Performance graduate program Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize scholarship on twentieth century music. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and discuss the historical significance of music from throughout the twentieth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Distinguish between the principal musical styles in art and popular musics during the twentieth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Apply key terms and concepts in discussions of the history of music in the twentieth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe the large-scale historical and cultural trends relating to the performance and discussion of Western music throughout the twentieth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Conduct original research that meets disciplinary standards and might serve the basis for a larger project in the student’s area of specialization. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize scholarship on twentieth century music. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and discuss the historical significance of music from throughout the twentieth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Distinguish between the principal musical styles in art and popular musics during the twentieth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Apply key terms and concepts in discussions of the history of music in the twentieth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe the large-scale historical and cultural trends relating to the performance and discussion of Western music throughout the twentieth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Conduct original research that meets disciplinary standards and might serve the basis for a larger project in the student’s area of specialization. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027