GRMUS 611H — 19th-Century Music

2 credits
Fall
Jonathan Yaeger

This course is an advanced study of the music, culture, and history of the Western notated tradition in the 19^th century, from Beethoven and Rossini to Mahler and Puccini. The course will help students broaden and deepen their command of 19^th-century repertory and style, helping them fill lacunae in their knowledge and prepare for further graduate work. Students will complete several short writing assignments that, in addition to the goals already mentioned, will develop their skills in bibliography, research, historiography, critical thinking, and digital literacy. There will be a midterm and a final exam, each focusing on repertory and style identification and contextualization.