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Spring 2003

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Music 248. The Alt Country/Commercial Country Relationship. Professor Neal.

Alternative Country has established its identity specifically through its opposition to and distance from Commercial Country, which, in turn, has institutionally dismissed the artistic value of Alt Country, thereby claiming stylistic autonomy. Yet the two genres exist in a symbiotic relationship that manifests itself in marketing strategies, in performance rhetoric, and in the musical creations that comprise both repertoires.In this course we will examine the two genres' identities as constructed and publicly projected over the last two decades, then consider individual case studies that employ stylistic appropriations from the "other" genre. The primary goal of this course will be an understanding of the musical borderland between the two genres, how the two co-exist in a commercially successful musical marketplace, and how the two are mutually dependent on each other for progressive growth and musical development. Audience reception and fan identity will be considered in these respects. Readings will be drawn principally from journal articles, interviews, and popular press. Assignments will include regular short essays plus a final paper.


Music 337, Section 1. The French Lyric Tradition from the Troubadours to Guillaume de Machaut. Professor Nadas.

[A description of this seminar will be provided shortly]


Music 337, Section 2. Dancing in the Paris Opéra. Professor Fauser.

We will examine ballet in the Paris Opéra from the July Monarchy to the Third Republic (ca 1830 to 1890). We will study both ballet and opera productions, including those in which ballets were added to already existing operas for performance on the stage of the Opéra to suit the convention of the theater (as was the case with Wagner's Tannhauser and Bizet's Carmen). Angles of study will include the political, economic and social context of the institution itself, theatrical and musical genres and conventions, specific case studies (reaching from Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable and Adam's Giselle to Massenet's Thais), and evaluations of historical and analytical approaches to this repertoire.
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