Description: An overview of the most important composers and movements in music history. Studying music history can give students a soundtrack to which they can organize and enhance their concept of history. For example, whether they are studying the Middle Ages or the French Revolution, students will know what the music of the time sounded like. By utilizing the latest technology, this class will be interactive, with ways to learn on a visual and well as aural level. Ideal for students already involved in a study of an instrument of their own, who want to enhance their understanding of the music they play.
Suggested Age: Grades 9-12
Prerequisites: a basic ability to read music.
Required Course Materials: Music:An Appreciation (Fifth Brief Edition), by Roger Kamien, McGraw-Hill. Music: An Appreciation (Fifth Brief Edition): Four CD Set. (Combined price of text and CD is about $10 if ordered new from Amazon. Used copies are perfectly acceptable).
Content Covered: Western Music History from Antiquity to the Modern Day; Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Wagner, Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, Adams, and more!
Instructor: Mrs. Hilary Cesare
Class Chat Time: TBA
High School Course Credit: one half year/one semester of high school credit