Introduction to Music at Barnard College

Barnard College's Introduction to Music is a general introduction to Western music, arranged chronologically, and assuming no prior training in music.

These courses are part of Barnard College's Writing Program and require three papers and a cumulative final examination. Each paper is submitted in draft form to specially trained Writing Fellows, who critique the work for elements of style and form. The final draft is submitted to the professor two weeks later.

BC 1001x
Introduction to Music. 3 pts.
Extensive listening is required. A survey of the development of Western music from 6th-century Gregorian Chant to Mozart, with emphasis upon important composers and forms.

BC 1002y
Introduction to Music. 3 pts.
Extensive listening is required. A survey of the development of Western music from the first Viennese Classical school at the end of the 18th century to the present, with emphasis upon composers and forms.