MUS 203 Exploring Music: Introduction to Music History
This class covers the development of Western Music from its beginnings through modern times. It is an overview of styles and practices with a focus on what to listen for in music. A brief opening section on ethnomusicology helps define the thread that connects the music of world cultures. Enjoyment of music through understanding is the primary emphasis. The class looks at some music at the end of the Nineteenth Century; however, the main focus of this class is on music of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries.