Music History and Appreciation

MUSIC 30, Music History I   3 units

Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3A (Arts) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.

This course is a survey of music in Western Civilization from Antiquity through Baroque (approximately 800 BC to 1750 AD). Emphasis is placed upon the principal composers and their works related to the history and philosophy of each stylistic period and interrelationships with the arts and humanities in general. The stylistic periods covered include Greco-Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque. The course is designed for the music major, but open to all.

1547   Arrange-9 Hours    EUROPE   Zusman S P

Above section 1547 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 22 to Aug 14. Above section 1547 is part of a Study Abroad program to England and Paris. Please contact the International Education Center for more information (310) 434-4129.

MUSIC 32, Appreciation of Music    3 units

Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3A (Arts) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.

This course is designed for the non-major. It utilizes a broad approach to musical literature, primarily of the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries, and its place in the cultural development of Western Civilization. It provides the tools for a basic understanding of music, an awareness of the primary musical styles, comprehension of the building blocks of music, and the development of an attentive style of listening.

1548   8:00a-10:05a MTWTh   A 214   Bergman J F

1549   10:15a-12:20p MTWTh   MAD 116   Martin J M

Above 1549 section meets at the Madison Campus, 1310 11th Street.

1550   Arrange-9 Hours    ONLINE   Smith J E

Above section 1550 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to http://www.smc.edu/music/SMCPreamble.html. Course requires purchase of a 2 CD-ROM set “OnMusic Appreciation” from the SMC Bookstore or at http://bookstore.smc.edu/. After SMC enrollment, all access to the class depends upon registration of these CD-ROMS at http://www.icubedonline.com/.

1552   Arrange-9 Hours    ONLINE   Goodman D B

Above section 1552 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to http://www.smc.edu/music/SMCPreamble.html. Course requires purchase of a 2 CD-ROM set “OnMusic Appreciation” from the SMC Bookstore or at http://bookstore.smc.edu/. After SMC enrollment, all access to the class depends upon registration of these CD-ROMS at http://www.icubedonline.com/.

1553   Arrange-9 Hours    ONLINE   Goodman D B

Above section 1553 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to http://www.smc.edu/music/SMCPreamble.html. Course requires purchase of a 2 CD-ROM set “OnMusic Appreciation” from the SMC Bookstore or at http://bookstore.smc.edu/. After SMC enrollment, all access to the class depends upon registration of these CD-ROMS at http://www.icubedonline.com/.

1551   Arrange-9 Hours    EUROPE   Zusman S P

Above section 1551 is part of a Study Abroad program to England and Paris. Please contact the International Education Center for more information (310) 434-4129.

MUSIC 33, Jazz in American Culture    3 units

Transfer: UC (meets UC Berkeley American Cultures graduation requirement), CSU • IGETC AREA 3A (Arts) • Prerequisite: None.

This course satisfies Santa Monica College’s Global Citizenship requirement.

Designed for the non-major, this course is an in-depth study of the development of jazz, from its Afro-European beginnings to the present with emphasis concentrated on the nature and    processes of jazz, and particularly on its historical background and development in the United States.

1554   10:15a-12:20p MTWTh   A 214   Fiddmont F K

4112   6:30p-9:40p TTh   MAD 114   Drayton L C

Above section 4112 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 23 to Aug 13, at the Madison Campus, 1310 11th Street.

MUSIC 36, History of Rock Music    3 units

Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3A (Arts and Humanities) • Prerequisite: None.

This course is a musical and cultural survey of popular music widely referred to as Rock & Roll. Musical trends are followed from influential traditions of early blues and jazz at the beginning of the twentieth century and include the emergence of Rock & Roll in the early 1950’s, Motown, the “British Invasion,” Art Rock, Heavy Metal, Punk, Rap and Hip-Hop, Techno, Grunge, Electronica, Garage Rock and Modern Rock.

1555   12:30p-2:35p MTWTh   HSS 204   Druckman J I

Above section 1555 meets for 6 weeks, Jul 06 to Aug 13.

1556   2:45p-5:45p TWTh   MAD 114   Druckman J I

Above 1556 section meets at the Madison Campus, 1310 11th Street.

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