MHST 333 - Music and the Romantic Other

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Satisfies major requirements in the department.
Next Offered: TBD
Semester Offered: Fall Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: CNDP/DDHU

In this course, students will explore various ways that people engaged issues of human difference and otherness in the music of the long nineteenth century. The course examines various repertoires including works by Beethoven, Debussy, Joplin, Richard Strauss, and Wagner. Readings on identity will represent several disciplines and included the writings of musicologist Ralph Locke, ethnomusicologist Philip Bohlman, and literary theorist Edward Said. The course also extends beyond typical considerations of otherness, exploring how Romantic composers treated many people, such as the distant love object and the distinct individual, as the other.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Gerk
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes
One 200-level course in MHST or ETHN.