MUSC 3066

The course explores the variety of ways in which gender shapes musical discourse. The role of gender in music will be examined through three broad topics: the history of female contributions to music as musicians, composers, patrons and listeners; musical constructions of gender, race, class and sexuality; and feminist criticism in recent musical discourse. Music students will be directed to more technical literature for their assignments and research paper, and will be required to engage in more technical descriptions of the music for all written work.