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MUSC121
Haydn and Mozart as Cultural Constructs
MUSC121 SP
Not Currently Offered
This course is an intensive exploration of the music and the
lives of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, examining
how these composers both shaped and reflected the culture of
the 18th-century. This course will give detailed
consideration to their musical works; listening strategies
will be developed through the examination of compositions in
various genres. The course will also investigate how the
images of these artists have been fashioned and refashioned
according to the changing requirements of European society.
No prior training in music is presumed.
MAJOR READINGS
Jens Peter Larsen, THE NEW GROVE HAYDN (New
York, 1982)
Griesinger and Dies, HAYDN: TWO CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS,
trans. Vernon Gotwals (Madison, 1968)
Selections from H.C. Robbins Landon, "Haydn: Chronicle and
Works", 5 vols. (Bloomington, 1976-80)
Stanley Sadie, THE NEW GROVE MOZART (New York, 1982)
Otto Deutsch, MOZART: A DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY, 3rd. ed.
(London, 1990)
Selections from Emily Anderson, trans. and ed., "The Letters
of Mozart and His Family", 3rd ed. (London, 1985)
Assigned readings in primary and secondary sources.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Students will be given weekly
listening assignments, which will be the subject of periodic
examinations. Written assignments will focus on methods of
scholarly research, documentation, and argumentation.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA MUSC
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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