Explores the interaction between words and music in song. Students will consider how such features as rhyme, rhythm, tone, and the connotations of particular words contribute to meaning in poetry; how rhythm, tempo, dynamics, mood, and instrumentation contribute to meaning in music; and how words and music coalesce in song to make a new meaning. Formerly EMUS 3822. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Prerequisites: College of Music (MUSCU) majors are excluded from this course.
