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·   To understand basic elements of music.

·   To become familiar with the periods of music history including major composers,

·   stylistic features, and representative works.

·   To identify selected pieces from these eras through analytical listening.

·   To describe and comment on the music you hear using appropriate terminology in an

·   effort to increase the intelligibility of your written and oral communication.

An appreciation and analysis from the viewpoint of the listener of the representative works in Western art tradition, covering selected masterworks including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Mahler, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg. This survey class is for any student and no previous knowledge of or about music is required. Professor’s Addendum: 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.