History of Music
Topics Covered in This Course:
In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
Plainchant and secular monophony.
Polyphony to 1300.
In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
Music in the 14th century.
The emergence of renaissance style.
The genres of renaissance music, 1420-1520.
In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
Music in the 16th century.
The new practice.
Vocal music, 1600-1650.
Vocal music, 1600-1750.
In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
Instrumental music, 1650-1750.
The art of the natural.
Instrumental music in the classical era.
Vocal music in the classical era.
In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
The age of the tone-poet.
Orchestral music, 1800-1850.
Piano music, chamber music, song.
Dramatic and sacred music.
Orchestral music, 1850-1900.
The growth of pluralism.
The search for new sounds: 1890-1940.
Beyond tonality.
The tonal tradition.
New currents after 1945.