MSC 274 19th Century Music and Modernity

MSC 274 19th Century Music and Modernity
Onur Türkmen

Beethoven. The romantic generation. Opera trends in the nineteenth century. Beethoven’s Fidelio. Grand Opera, Opéra Comique, Operetta, Lyric Opera. Hector Berlioz. Chamber and orchestral musical innovations of the nineteenth century. Nineteenth century Italian Opera. Verdi Operas. Birth of romantic German Opera. Richard Wagner. The German, Austrian and French composers of the late nineteenth century. Romanticism and church music. French naturalism in Opera. Verismo opera. Nationalism in music and its new trends during late nineteenth century. Operas of Richard Strauss. Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande. Credit units: 3 ECTS Credit units: 6, Prerequisite: MSC 273.
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Course Notes: HWM IV