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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | MUSCH225B001 |
| Course Title | Modernism and the Avant Garde |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Music |
| Instructor | Fitz Gibbon,Elaine |
| Times and Days | MW 11:30am-12:55pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2354 An exploration of musical modernism, experimentalism, and the avant-garde throughout the long twentieth century. Exploring works by Debussy, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartók, Weill, Chávez, Cage, Boulez, and others, plus films, scores, and happenings by Pauline Oliveros, Yoko Ono, Benjamin Patterson, Nam June Paik, and Amiri Baraka and others. In the process of understanding the historical and cultural pressures that led to the development of this repertoire, we will attend performances, exhibitions, and stage our own performances. ; Prerequisite(s): Music 110, 111, or knowledge of musical notation or experience studying an instrument or voice.; Enrollment Limit: 25; Lottery Preference(s): Music majors or minors Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: HU, A) |
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