MUTH 264 - Art Song from Franz Schubert to Margaret Bonds

FC CNDP PT

4 credits
How do composers set texts to music? How do performers participate in the conversation between poet and composer? How did contemporary audiences hear and interpret these performances? This course explores the rich musical, poetic, and cultural worlds surrounding 19th-century German Lieder (Schubert, Hensel, Robert Schumann, Lang, Clara Schumann, and others) and 20th-century art song composed by African Americans (Burleigh, Price, Still, Bonds, and others). Students will develop music-analytical skills drawn from 19th- and 20th-century traditions, including spirituals, jazz, and post-tonal techniques. Midterm and final projects may include analytical writing, archival work and music editing, performance, and creative work.

Prerequisites: MUTH 132 and ESOL 120 (for students in ESOL sequence).