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Threats to Music & Meaning (LNC 294)

Term: 2018-2019 Academic Year Fall

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Mel BringleShow MyInfo popup for Mel Bringle
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Schedule

Tue-Fri, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM (8/21/2018 - 12/14/2018) Location: MAIN DMC 111

Description

This course will investigate movements in music and philosophy in continental Europe from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, with a focus on thematic parallels: from Romanticism to minimalism, nihilism, absurdism, and the disintegration of meaning. Composers to be explored include Wagner, Stravinsky, Schnberg, Satie, and Cage; philosophical literature includes works by Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Camus, and theatre of the absurd. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructors. General Education Distribution Area IV. A.