Course Description
An introduction to music, musicians, and deeper listening experiences. Music of the past and present will be sampled as students acquire new abilities for appreciating the sound, style, and contexts for music.
Athena Title
Introduction to Music
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2020
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Upon completion, the successful student will be able to: * assimilate musical terminology and demonstrate comprehension, both orally and in written form, by applying to musical examples of various styles, regions, and historical periods; * comment and support a viewpoint regarding how history and culture are reflected in music and musical careers; * use the language of the discipline in written and oral reviews and/or critiques of UGA musical events; * apply musical knowledge gained from the course to contemporary music of the student's choice; * demonstrate the ability to use course concepts and listening techniques in stylistic analyses of music of different types and purposes.
Topical Outline
Main topics: • Introduction; elements of music; performance of music; leaving one’s musical comfort zone • Practical all-purpose Listening Approaches • Music before 1600 • Baroque Period Music (1600—1750): motion and emotion in music • Classical Period Music (1750—1815): form and drama in music • Romantic Period Music (1815—1900): extremes of individual expression • The Modern Period in Europe (1900--): experiments and reconcilations • Music in the United States: Responses to the European classical tradition • Music in the United States: Popular traditions
General Education Core
CORE IV: Humanities and the Arts