MHL 603 – TOPICS IN MUSIC HISTORY:  20^TH AND 21^ST CENTURIES

Mason Bates (mason.bates@notes.sfcm.edu) Wed 9:30-11:50 Room 507

Lecture notes will be posted the week after the class.

Topic 1 – Igor Stravinsky, Life and works

• Sept 2: Russian period

• Sept 9: Neoclassical period

• Sept 16: Late works / Serial period

Topic 2 – The Rise and fall of 12-tone music

• Sept 23: 12-Tone 1: Basic Principles

• Sept 30: 12-Tone 2: Serialism

• Oct 7: 12-Tone 3: Free Treatment

Topic 3 – Art/Pop/Folk

• Oct 14: Art/Pop/Folk 1: Folk music & nationalism

• Oct 21: Art/Pop/Folk 2: Urban pop

Topic 4 – Experimental Music

• Oct 28: Experimental 1: Founders of the 'movement'

• Nov 4: Experimental 2: Electronic Music & Electronica

• Nov 11: Experimental 3: Chance music & improvisation

Topic 5 – Minimalism & Post-Minimalism

• Nov 18 : Minimalism

• Dec 2 : Post-Minimalism