MUSC 3650 - Romanticism to Rock

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered once a year. Also offered evenings.

This class will examine music from the Romantic era to the American Popular Music scene, beginning with Beethoven and ending with the Beatles. Students will gain a foundation in musical elements, forms, and genres. Emphasis will be given to understanding Romanticism as a reaction to the waning order of the Enlightenment, and Modernism as a reaction the sentimentality of Romanticism. ART, AOM, GDA, FA