MASTERPIECES-WESTERN MUSIC

HUMA1123OC. Masterpieces of Western Music. 3 points

The focus of Music Humanities is the masterpieces of Western art music in their historical and cultural contexts. The specific goals of the course are to awaken and encourage an appreciation of Western music, to help the student learn to respond intelligently to a variety of musical idioms, and to engage the student in the issues of various debates about the character and purposes of music that have occupied composers and musical thinkers since ancient times. Students become actively involved in the process of critical listening both in the classroom and in the live performances that are as central to the course in Berlin and in Paris as in New York. Using a “great works” approach, the course will look at the changing genres and styles of music, examining composers’ choices and assumptions, as well as those of their patrons and audiences, as it moves chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present.

To enroll in this course in Paris, you must apply to the Columbia Summer Core In Paris: Art Humanities and Music Humanities through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).  Global Learning Scholarships available. Tuition charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.