2011-12 Pomona College Catalog

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MUS 052 PO - Musical and Cultural Currents in Paris, 1870–1930

CrsNo MUS 052 PO

When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.

Instructor(s): W. Peterson

A study of music in Paris within its cultural context. Examination of works by Debussy and Ravel, as well as other notable composers (including Fauré, Satie, Milhaud, Poulenc and Lili Boulanger). Consideration of Impressionism, Symbolism, musical life in the shadow of World War I and the formulation of post-war neo-classicism.