Music 513: Music Since 1900

Texts:

• Bryan R. Simms, Music of the Twentieth Century, 2d edition. New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, with 2-CD set of recordings.
• Bryan R. Simms, Music of the Twentieth Century, An Anthology. New York: Schirmer Books, 1986, includes all the pieces on the recordings.
• J. Peter Burkholder and Claude V. Palisca, ed., Norton Anthology of Western Music, 5th ed., vol. 2 (New York: Norton, 2005).
• Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, 5th ed., vol. 2 (New York: Norton, 2005). This 6-CD set contains recordings of all the examples in vol. 2 of the Norton Anthology of Western Music.

Topics for Discussion:

• Romanticism and Reaction
• Impressionism
• The Atonal Revolution
• New Tonalities

• New-Classicism
• The Second Viennese School
• Music, Society, and Politics
• The Avant-Garde

• Music and Technology
• Rationalism and Serialism
• Selection and Chance
• Simplicity and New-Tonality
• Tradition and Pluralism

Course Requirements

1. Attendance and participation in class discussion. (Bring Simms and Anthology to every class.)
2. Reading and listening as assigned.
3. Class work as assigned.
4. Brief project, due October 20
5. Class project, due end of term.
6. Mid-term exam. Bring a blue book
7. Final examination. Bring a blue book.

Links of Interest

• Worldwide Internet music resources
• Google Web Search
• Strunk, Elements of Style

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