MUS 42 From Plato to Mozart (Early Classical Music)

This course introduces students to the composers, repertoires, and cultures of early Western music from ancient civilizations to ca. 1800. By examining a wide selection of instrumental and vocal genres, we will reflect on critical issues of history, repertoire, virtuosity, class, religion, nationalism, exoticism, censorship, and humor. Among the composers we will study are Comtessa de Dia, Hildegard de Bingen, Dufay, Josquin, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Pachelbel, Corelli, Purcell, Strozzi, J.S. Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart.