Schubert to Debussy

Engraving of Schubert and photo of Debussy.

Composers Franz Schubert (left) and Claude Debussy (right). (Images from Wikipedia.)

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MIT Course Number

21M.250

As Taught In

Fall 2006

Level

Undergraduate

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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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Charles Shadle. 21M.250 Schubert to Debussy. Fall 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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