MU 213 - Twentieth Century Music

Credit Hours: 3

Music from the impressionist movement through German expressionism and American eclecticism to electronic and aleatoric music.

Fulfills SUNY General Education – The Arts.

Course Outcomes
At the completion of the course, the student will be able to:

be familiar with the concepts utilized in 20th Century music;
identify the differences in musical techniques utilized during the Common Practice Period and the Modern Period of music history;
demonstrate an understanding of atonal and absolute music; and
apply concepts and principles of earlier music to today’s music.

Prerequisites: MU 210 or permission of the instructor.
Cycles (C, N, S)