May 09, 2025  
Rensselaer Catalog 2023-2024 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2023-2024 [Archived Catalog]

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ARTS 2500 - Histories of Western Music


This course surveys multiple approaches to the  Western art music traditions from a contemporary global, multicultural context. The inter-relationships between music, society and cultural forces is emphasized. Students learn to recognize and describe the basic components of music, like texture, tonality, rhythm, dynamics, and melody Lectures are supplemented by listening assignments and in-class demonstrations.

 

When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.

Credit Hours: 4



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