Development of aural responsiveness to all elements of music, and of sightsinging techniques as an aid to music comprehension and performance.

Development of aural responsiveness to all elements of music, and of sightsinging techniques as an aid to music comprehension and performance.

The continuation of the work of MUS 171. Lecture, three hours.

The continuation of the work of MUS 171. Lecture, three hours.

The continuation of the work of MUS 171. Lecture, three hours.

An introduction to the basic materials of musical organization, focusing on music reading, rudiments of notation, pitch, scale, tonal, and rhythmic organization, melodic construction, simple harmonic vocabulary, and beginning aural training. Individual composition and improvisation exercises are used to approach much of this material. Ability to read music is not a prerequisite.

Survey of the history of music from the Medieval through the Baroque period (approximately 800 - 1750). Required of all music majors.

A history of music in America from c. 1620 to the present. Will require listening to recordings, reading the primary text and suggested readings in books, periodicals and documents. Students should become aware of important names, places, events and styles in music as well as important historical trends and movements.

In MUS 222, students will be introduced to the fundamental elements of rock music, the artists and stylistic periods in rock history, and the cultural, political, social, and technological issues rock music has raised in the United States. The class will promote a better understanding of the way creativity impacts rock lyrics, compositional processes, and will also introduce elements of ethnomusicology to study issues of rock's creative presentation of identity, gender, race, sexuality, class, and ethnicity.

In MUS 222, students will be introduced to the fundamental elements of rock music, the artists and stylistic periods in rock history, and the cultural, political, social, and technological issues rock music has raised in the United States. The class will promote a better understanding of the way creativity impacts rock lyrics, compositional processes, and will also introduce elements of ethnomusicology to study issues of rock's creative presentation of identity, gender, race, sexuality, class, and ethnicity.