21M.011  Introduction to Western Music

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21M.011  Introduction to Western Music

Spring 2014

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Instructors: Emily Richmond Pollock, Teresa M Neff, Kimberly J Vaeth

Lecture:  W 3:30-5pm  (4-270)
Recitation Section 01:  MF 1-2pm  (4-152)
Recitation Section 02:  TTh 12-1pm  (4-152)
Recitation Section 03:  TTh 1-2pm  (4-152)  

Subject Summary: 

21M.011: Introduction to Western Music is a designated CI-H, HASS-D/HASS-A/HASS-E subject, required for the latest configuration of the music major and recommended / accepted as part of the music minor and music concentration. Over the semester, this subject will convey a broad overview of the history, culture, styles, and repertoires of that which is generally considered to be the core canon of Western Classical music. Beginning with the earliest notated music in Western Europe (plainchant used in churches and monasteries) and ending with recent pieces of concert music and opera written by living composers, 21M.011 considers the timeline of Classical music as a continually changing, still-living tradition of composition, performance, and listening. Our goal as instructors is to encourage you to engage as thoughtfully as possible with this tradition, whether you are an experienced musician yourself or consider yourself a novice. For every student there will be new skills, new sounds, and new ways of thinking and communicating.

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