History of Music

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Plainchant and secular monophony.
    Polyphony to 1300.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Music in the 14th century.
    The emergence of renaissance style.
    The genres of renaissance music, 1420-1520.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Music in the 16th century.
    The new practice.
    Vocal music, 1600-1650.
    Vocal music, 1600-1750.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Instrumental music, 1650-1750.
    The art of the natural.
    Instrumental music in the classical era.
    Vocal music in the classical era.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The age of the tone-poet.
    Orchestral music, 1800-1850.
    Piano music, chamber music, song.
    Dramatic and sacred music.
    Orchestral music, 1850-1900.
    The growth of pluralism.
    The search for new sounds: 1890-1940.
    Beyond tonality.
    The tonal tradition.
    New currents after 1945.