MUS 502 - Advanced Baroque Music History and Literature

Prerequisites, graduate standing, and keyboard collaborative arts, or teaching major with music education emphasis, or consent of instructor. This course will explore in-depth Western European art-music from 1580-1750, which encompasses the Baroque Era. Topics for examination will include the prominent composers of the period and some of their principal works, representative forms and genres, as well aspects of the culture and society that relate to the music of the time. Students will also explore performance practice techniques of the time-period through performance assignments. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits