Music History


Music History is an overview of western music beginning with Gregorian chant and continuing through the renaissance, baroque, classical and romantic periods. Examination of the composer’s professional as well as personal lives is enhanced with daily listening of their works. Although the main focus of the course is the music, students explore how the social, political, literary and artistic figures of the time influenced the great composers.

Textbook(s): Music: An Appreciation, Author(s): Roger Kamien

Prerequisites: None

Instructor: John Boyd