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An introduction to music for the non-major. After a brief study of music rudiments--rhythm, scales, basic concepts and terms--we will put these ideas into more concrete terms in a guided survey of the best of Western art music, from Gregorian chant up to the time of Beethoven. Meet Palestrina, Monteverdi, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Mozart and Haydn, among others, and see how they fit into our musical past. Special attention is paid to the art of listening to, and understanding, the music of these composers.