MUSC 6116 - Music of the Classic Era and Enlightenment

3 Formerly MUSC 5416

Detailed consideration of analytical and historiographic issues in a variety of representative musical genres from 1720 to 1820, including works of precursors and acknowledged proponents of Classic style (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven). Exploration of the relationship of this music to Enlightenment figures such as Rousseau and Goethe.