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Offered each semester. An appreciation and analysis from the viewpoint of the listener of representative works in Western art tradition, covering for example, selected masterworks of Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, and Stravinsky. No previous knowledge of or about music is required.

This course is an overview of the history of Western Art Music. The course will consist of lectures, discussion, video & listening examples, reading assignments, and attendance at live musical events in Innsbruck and throughout Austria. Students will learn the basic elements of music and acquire knowledge of the periods of music history, including major composers, styles, and selected works. Special emphasis will be placed on the music of Austria, including the Classical era’s Mozart and Haydn, the Romantic period’s Mahler and Bruckner, the twentieth century’s musical revolution of Schoenberg, the reigning “bad boy” of composition, Georg Friedrich Haas, and an exploration of Pop music in Austria today. We discover the recent works of young Graz-born composer, Olga Neuwirth, who melds pop and Jazz influences in her unique voice. And we investigate Peter Ablinger’s “noise” music that intersects installation art, prose, and theater.

No music background necessary. Fieldwork will include attending concerts.

The University of New Orleans International Summer School program has a mandatory class attendance policy. All students are required to attend class for all morning classes and any required afternoon and/or weekend fields trips and lectures. No unexcused absences are allowed. However, LFU students who have to miss a UNO class due to LFU examinations in the first two weeks of our program, can receive one excused absence for this. Any further unexcused absences will result in an academic penalty. Each faculty member determines the penalty for missed classes. Most professors deduct a letter grade for each additional missed class day. For details, please refer to your course syllabi, which will be distributed on the first day of class. The listed ECTS credits are a recommendation by the University of New Orleans Innsbruck Summer School, based on contact hours, anticipated out-of-classroom requirements such as field trips, and projected workload for readings, assignments, and exam preparation. Mail: Center-New-Orleans@uibk.ac.at