GM 222 Music and Word: The German Musical Heritage (Fall: 3)

Prerequisite: GM 050-051 or the equivalent
Satisfies Foreign Language Proficiency Core Requirement
Offered Biennially
Conducted in German.
No formal knowledge of music required.
Counts toward German major, German minor and German Studies minor.
Beginning in the Middle Ages and running through to the middle of the twentieth century, this course will examine the fusion of German-language texts with musical expression in the context of their social and cultural environment. A central focus of the course will be the great age of German music during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—including among others the works of Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Michael Resler

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