MU 534 - Music of the Romantic Era

Prerequisite

MU 335 (Music History II).

Description

Music of the Romantic Era is an in-depth survey of Western music during the nineteenth century, beginning with the transition from the late eighteenth century through the music of Mahler and Richard Strauss.

Topics explored include music's expressive and spiritual powers, the dream world of the artist, creation of the song cycle, development of programmatic music, the supernatural in music, nationalism, and music as a political statement, among others. The focus of each unit is on detailed analytical, historical, and critical study of representative musical works and scholarly writings through lecture outlines, online discussions, writing assignments, and directed listening.

This course can be applied towards:

• Music Therapy (M.M.)

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Anthology of Romantic Music (1984)
  Plantinga, Leo
  ISBN: 0393952118
• Romantic Music: A History of Musical Style in Nineteenth Century Europe, 1st Ed. (1984)
  Plantinga, Leo
  ISBN: 978-0-393-95196-7
• Source Readings in Music History: The Nineteenth Century (Source Readings Vol. 6), 2nd Ed.
  Solie, Ruth (Ed.) and Strunk, W. Oliver (Ed.)
  ISBN: 0393966992

Instructors

K. Dawn Grapes
Dawn.Grapes@colostate.edu

K. Dawn Grapes is Special Assistant Professor of Music History at Colorado State University. She holds a B.M. from Western Michigan University, an M.M. from Colorado State University and is currently completing a Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Specialty areas include the music of Early Modern England, 19th and 20th century American Music and musical theology. Recent awards include a 2010 Ogilivy Travel Fellowship from the Boulder Center for British and Irish Studies for research studies in Oxford. Before joining the faculty at Colorado State, she taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Front Range Community College and Southern Utah University.

Grapes is also an active performer on the flute and piccolo along the Front Range. She is currently a board member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the College Music Society and a representative to its National Student Advisory Council, as well as a member of the American Musicological Society and the National Flute Association.