Instructor(s)
Prof. Charles Shadle
MIT Course Number
21M.250
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is a survey of developments in Western musical style, 1815-1915. Students will study works by 35 composers, including the romantics: Schubert, Chopin, and Schumann; the post-romantics: Wagner, Verdi, and Brahms; the turn-of-the-centurians: Mahler, Debussy, and Ravel; and the Americans: Gottschalk, Beach, and Joplin. Score-reading ability is beneficial.
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