Beyond the End:

Music and Culture
in the Twentieth-Century

Music 170S - Summer II, 2001

 If Spengler is right, that Western Culture reached its peak in the 19th century, is it all downhill from Wagner on? Or is there a new world
 developing, which we can immerse ourselves in through experiencing the arts? From Stravinsky to Glass, from Schoenberg to Adams, from Monet to
 Mondrian, from blues to bop, to Elvis, to Ellington, the arts have offered new views of the world.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
The web site for this course is continually developing:
 
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  Syllabus
  M170s Outline
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Twentieth-Century Music

Books On Twentieth-Century Culture/Civilization

  Roberts, European History
  Spengler, The Decline of the West
  Calinescu, Five Faces of Modernity
  Marilyn Stokstad.  Art History

Links

  TimeLine: Arts and World Events
  TimeLine: Twentieth-Century Music
  Outline: Twentieth-Century Music
  Art about Art
If you have questions about this course or this material, 
please email me at aparks@duke.edu
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Picture is Paul Klee, Legend of the Nile, 1937 
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