Courses in Music History and Musicology

Music History and Musicology Courses are designed for any music major seeking complete musicianship. Every musician should attain some synthesis of the disparate knowledge acquired through studies in history, theory and musical performance in order to develop an informed and well-rounded approach to their art.

Courses in Music History and Musicology offer the opportunity to study music with a focus on its place in history and in culture.  The variety of courses addresses music’s cultural and expressive significance as well as how various musical systems have evolved over time.  In the process, students develop skills in research, verbal and written communication, collaborative-work, and critical thinking that prepare them for multiple career paths in music. Enrolling in the upper Musicology elective courses can also build a foundation for graduate studies in musicology, education or performance.
musicology students in classroom

Music History courses provide students with the opportunity to collaborate with their peers in group research projects and to present their projects at the KSU Symposium for Student Scholars and at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research.

Students may also participate in the Music History in Europe Study Abroad Program, which examines both classical music and jazz while travelling through Germany and France.  This global experience helps to forge students’ own distinctive musical identities in the interconnected world of the 21st century.

 

Required Courses of all Music Majors:

MUSI 2311 History of Music I: 

A survey of Western music history and literature from Ancient Greece to 1800.

MUSI 2312 History of Music II:

A survey of Western music history and literature from 1800 to the present.

Elective Courses include:

MUSI 3317 History of Opera

This course surveys the development of European Operatic literature from the Baroque Era to the present.

MUSI 4412 Survey of American Music

Through an examination of the role of music in American society, and a study of American musical works from the Native Americans to the present day, this course provides a context-based understanding of the cultural history of the United States and develops skills in critical analysis.

MUSI 4423 Current Directions in Musicology

This course offers an introduction to musicology including its origins, development and methodologies. Students will develop skills necessary for critical enquiry in music through engagement with theories of historiography, aesthetics, and performance practice.

 

Faculty

Name
Position

  • edward eanes

    Professor of Music History

    eeanes@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3302
    WA 2150

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    ddolan@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    hhart6@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    MU 111

  • john marsh

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    jmarsh42@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    M 106

  • david salkowski

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    dsalkows@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • sean thrower

    Artist in Residence Guitar and Part-Time Instructor of Guitar

    sthrowe2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

 

 

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