Course Title Music Appreciation

Course ID ARCH 707

Course Program Undergraduate,  B.Arch,  

Course Type Optional Theory

Credits 2.00

Credits Hours 2 Hrs/WK

Semester Block A

Prerequisite None

Course Offered No

Description Musical forms. Ingredients of music- sound and time. Indian and western music- melody and harmony. Foundation of subcontinental music- ragasystem: Dhrupad, Kheyal, Tappa and Thumri. Styles and presentation of vocal and instrumental music. The modern period of Bengali music- the five great composers: Rabindranath, Nazrul, Atul Prashad, D. L. Roy and Rajani Kanta. Introduction to western classical music and works of some European masters- Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, Tchaikovsky.