Humanities 210 outline

1. The legacy of Romanticism: Beethoven, Wagner

2. Modernism

a. Visual art

b. Architecture

c. Literature

d. Dance

3. The beginnings of Modernism in music

a. From Romanticism to Modernism in Germany and Austria: Mahler, Strauss

b. Impressionism: Debussy

c. Expressionism and atonality: Schoenberg, Berg, Webern

d. Primitivism and folklore: Stravinsky (before World War I), Bartók

4. The codification of Modernism

a. Twelve-tone method: Schoenberg (after World War I), Berg, Webern

b. Neoclassicism: Stravinsky (after World War I)

5. American paths toward Modernism

a. Ragtime and jazz: Cook, Ellington

b. Tin Pan Alley: Gershwin

c. Americana in concert music: Ives, Copland

d. European adaptations of American music: Weill

6. The role of the composer

a. Write to please a broad audience: Rachmaninoff, Barber

b. Research new possibilities: Babbitt, Varèse

7. The two extremes of music after World War II

a. Chance composition: Cage

b. Leaving nothing to chance: Babbitt, Messiaen

8. Eclectic and less extreme alternatives

a. Textural composition: Penderecki, Ligeti

b. Quotation and parody: Berio, Bolcom

c. Minimalism: Riley, Reich, Glass

d. Religious inspiration: Messiaen

e. Influences from non-Western musics: Dun

9. Modernism in jazz and rock

a. Jazz: Monk, Coltrane

b. Rock: Beatles, Velvet Underground

10. Electronic music

a. Early pioneers: Babbitt, Cage

b. Popularizers: Pink Floyd, Timbaland

c. Electronics with live performance: Resanovic

11. Art music at the end of the 20^th century: Adams, Resanovic