Spring 2024 Music UN3168 section 001

THE AMERICAN MUSICAL

Call Number 12699
Day & Time
Location
MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
622 Dodge Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Walter M Frisch
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Prerequisites: reading ability of music and some theoretical knowledge is required. Musical theater is one of Americas most vital and important art form. Several of its major creators studied at Columbia, including Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Kander, and Fred Ebb. This course will present a historical survey of American musical theater from its origins in late nineteenth-century; through the musicals of figures like Kern, Gershwin, and Rodgers - Hammerstein; through Sondheim and the megamusical of Lloyd Webber. Focus will be on selected shows, through which broader cultural and musical trends will be examined.
Web Site Vergil
Department Music
Enrollment 28 students (35 max) as of 9:05PM Friday, December 13, 2024
Subject Music
Number UN3168
Section 001
Division Interschool
Note Reading knowledge of music is desired but not required.
Section key 20241MUSI3168V001