Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21M.250 (Fall 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Schubert to Debussy 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Music and Theater Arts 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Dr. Charles Shadle 
• Course Introduction:
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  21M.250 Schubert to Debussy
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features an extensive listening list.

  
  
  

  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.