The History of Music from Classicism (c. 1750) to Modern Times

Historical study of music, musical thought, and practice in Western civilization from the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth century. The course includes consideration of sonata, symphony, concerto, opera, and song, particularly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It emphasizes stylistic examination of early Classicism, Classicism, and Romanticism in relation to social and cultural history. The course considers the work of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg, among others.