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George S Bozarth
MUHST 520
Seattle Campus
Research in the life, works, and times of composers in the United States from colonial days to the present. Prerequisite: MUHST 500 .
Class description
This offering of MUHST 520, Seminar in American Music, will consider the reception of art music in mid- to late 19th-century Boston, placing the performance and consumption of music by European and American composers within a web of context that includes the emigration of Germans to America, the Transcendentalists' view of the role of music in society, the founding of the America music criticism, and the ways in which music was performed differently than it now is.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Seminar discussions, reading and listening, independent student research culminating in the presentation of a seminar report.
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
