MUS 106 - Women and Music (W) (1)

This course will be devoted to developing your skills as a writer. Woven throughout all of our writing, reading, and discussion will be an examination of the many different ways that gender and music intersect. For example, while most people can probably easily think of several female musicians active in popular music today, our familiarity with women’s musical contributions quickly fades when we venture into the world of classical music, or into historical periods prior to our own lifetimes. In this class, we will seek to rediscover the musical accomplishments of these missing women. Further, we will also examine the reasons that their voices have been missing in the first place. And finally, we will consider a different and potentially controversial approach to studying gender in music: the idea that gender can be represented and/or perceived in musical sound. Ability to read music not required. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing course.
(First Year Writing Seminar (FYW)) (Humanities)