The Music of J.S. Bach

Department - COMP
Offered - Fall, Summer
Course number - LHAN-374

A study of the aesthetic and compositional bases of representative works of J.S. Bach, placing the music in a cultural, biographical, and musicological context. Through lecture, listening, analysis, and discussion, the student will consider the distinctions, as well as the continuities, between the practical composer of weekly cantatas and the abstractionist composer of the Art of the Fugue.

Credits: 2
Course Chair: Arnold Friedman
Prerequisites: CM-211, and CP-210 or CP-211
Required of: None
Electable by: All