MU305 Music in the Twentieth Century   (3.00 cr.)

The most significant musical revolution in 300 years took place at the beginning of the twentieth century. What was the revolution? How and why do we need to listen to new music in a different way? These questions will be addressed as the course investigates the music of Debussy, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Copland, and Glass.