MUS 32 SINGING SOCIETY

2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Limitation: Audition with college staff
Choral/orchestral performance of the oratorio repertoire of the late 18th and 19th centuries is offered. The repertoire includes oratorios of Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn and other composers of the period. Rehearsals include study of historical perspective of the oratorio society as a social phenomenon of the Industrial Revolution, and the changing role of the composer, conductor and music critic in the 19th century society. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 31, 32, 33, 232, 233, and 234.
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