Survey of Western music from Antiquity to the late 17th century, focusing on distinctive features of musical styles, forms, and genres. Social and cultural contexts are examined in relation to musical materials and their application within specific repertoires.
Prerequisites: MUSIC 101 Theory III and MUSIC 150 World Music Cultures or permission of the instructor
MUSIC 101 Theory III (3 hours)
Seventh chords, including the diminished seventh chord; various types of modulation; introduction of secondary dominants; analysis and writing of the period, binary, and ternary song forms; choral harmonization; and modal scales.
Prerequisite(s): MUSIC 002 Theory II or permission of the instructor.
MUSIC 150 World Music Cultures (3 hours)
Key cultural concepts are used to explore music from selected global case studies. Social, cultural, and historical contexts are examined in relation to musical materials and their application in various traditions and repertoires.
