MHST 342 - Fin-de-Siécle Music in Germany and France

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
This course will satisfy a requirement for the major in our department.
Next Offered: TBD
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: CNDP/DDHU
Musicians living at the end of the 19th century in France and Germany proclaimed the rise of naturalism, impressionism, expressionism, symbolism, primitivism, Dadaism, and many more such movements. Why so many “isms”? This course will situate the large number of musical and artistic movements that proliferated in Germany and France at the end of the 19th century into their broader social, political, and philosophical contexts. Our studies will cover the music of Fauré, Debussy, Ravel Satie, Busoni, Reger, Richard Strauss, and Mahler.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: J. O'Leary
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes
One 200-level MHST or ETHN course.

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