21M.250 Schubert to Debussy, Fall 2006
Composers Franz Schubert (left) and Claude Debussy (right). (Images from
Wikipedia.)
Highlights of this Course
This course features an extensive
listening list.
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.