A survey of Western music and its social contexts from 1848 to 1945. Topics include music and nationalism, late romanticism and the limits of tonality, modernism, the impact of popular music on art music, and neoclassicism.
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UnitsLetter
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeDr. Katz is honestly one of the nicest professors I've met so far. Not a music major, but his classes are engaging, entertaining, and although there are weekly writing assignments, the prompts are fairly thought-provoking. Class is enjoyable and is honestly a nice break from my other classes.
Professor Katz is a great instructor for this course. You can tell he is really passionate about this class and is very accessible for feedback. He's just a really nice guy and wants everyone in this class to do well.
Everyone on here is full of it! Katz is definitely a nice guy but his lectures are so confusing with lots of strung out information. The listening quizzes aren't too bad but the midterm/final essays were nonsense. It's an interesting class if you want to learn about composers but other than that I had no idea what was going on most of the time.
Dr. Katz is by far my favorite professor at this school. He is the biggest music history nerd on the planet and has a lot of cool stories. Definitely pay attention during lecture and take super detailed notes!!! He doesn't grade anything personally, so grading depends on your TA, but include the stuff he talks about in essays and youll be fine.
I love him
Couldn't find the right course code, took MUS4 and MUS10C. A good, clear professor, discusses both theory and history in a way easy to understand. A good sense of humor, keeps class interesting.