Composers Franz Schubert (left) and Claude Debussy (right). (Images from Wikipedia.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Charles Shadle
MIT Course Number
21M.250
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is a survey of developments in Western musical style, 1815-1915. Students will study works by 35 composers, including the romantics: Schubert, Chopin, and Schumann; the post-romantics: Wagner, Verdi, and Brahms; the turn-of-the-centurians: Mahler, Debussy, and Ravel; and the Americans: Gottschalk, Beach, and Joplin. Score-reading ability is beneficial.
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