MUS 121

Introduction to Music Listening (3 CR)

This course is designed to enhance student music listening. Students will learn to identify changes in the elements of music through the different stylistic periods of classical music. Factual and historical information will be presented to broaden the student's cultural and music appreciation. Students will hear recorded examples of music from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th-century eras, as well as popular American forms and music from non-Western cultures. 3 hrs./wk.