This course introduces you to a variety of art music repertories, and a range of ways to think, talk, and write about them. While we explore some of the great “classics” of the Western musical canon, including works by male composers such as Bach, Beethoven, and Stravinsky, we also discover the critical roles played by renowned female performers, patrons, and writers, as well as the significant impacts made by artists of color, such as Pulitzer-prize winner Kendrick Lamar, and Beyoncé. Ending in the present day, we investigate what music means in a global context, and a world increasingly...
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