Schubert to Debussy
As taught in: Fall 2006
Composers Franz Schubert (left) and Claude Debussy (right). (Images from Wikipedia.)
Instructors:
Dr. Charles Shadle
MIT Course Number:
21M.250
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course is a survey of developments in Western musical style, 1815-1915. Students will study works by 35 composers, including the romantics: Schubert, Chopin, and Schumann; the post-romantics: Wagner, Verdi, and Brahms; the turn-of-the-centurians: Mahler, Debussy, and Ravel; and the Americans: Gottschalk, Beach, and Joplin. Score-reading ability is beneficial.
