Student Learning Outcomes

• compare and contrast the reception of a musician (or a group of musicians) in different ethnic and nationalistic cultures within a historical period
• to accurately relate the musical elements of a programmatic work to its narrative
• Students who complete MUS 13H will be able to identify the style period (medieval, Renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, 20th century, or 21st century) during which each of three pieces of music was composed when one minute from each piece is played in class during the final exam.
• identify trends (i.e. reception, repertoire) within a period
• Students who have completed MUS 13H will be able to identify the solo or featured musical instrument when one minute of each of two recordings including the instruments are played in class during the final exam.