Fee: $25.00
Instructor: Arthur Wenk
Capacity Remaining: 33
Dates: 4/3/2019 - 4/3/2019
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
Building: Building C
Room: 103
J. S. Bach and the Mystery of the B Minor Mass Bach's B Minor Mass, described as "the greatest musical artwork of all times and all people," contains an essential mystery: why would an eminently practical musician compose a work that, because of its sheer size, could never be performed? In addition, why would a Lutheran composer produce a Roman Catholic mass whose liturgical structure also insured that it would never be performed? In addition to addressing these issues we will grapple with the more general questions, "What’s so great about Bach in general and the B Minor Mass in particular?"
Dates: 4/10/2019 - 4/10/2019
The World of Jane Austen Deirdre le Faye writes, "To meet one's ideal marriage partner is still the hope of every young man and woman, even in the twenty-first century, and family background and economic factors still help or hinder the achievement of this hope." In six celebrated and beloved novels Jane Austen created a world consistent within itself and reflective of the social milieu in which she herself lived. But "the places, manners, books and opinions with which she was familiar have changed...beyond the scope of her wildest imaginings." We will offer a portrait of this social and literary world, look for common themes in all six works, and examine elements of Austen's style that opened new avenues explored more fully by writers who followed.
Capacity Remaining: 34
Dates: 4/17/2019 - 4/17/2019
The Music of Ulysses James Joyce quotes words from more than 350 songs in the course of his sprawling novel Ulysses. Listening to and tracking three of these songs will offer us an entry into the work and a key to dealing with both Joyce's stream of consciousness technique and the challenging stylistic devices he employs, particularly in the latter chapters of the novel. Continually pushing against the limitations of language, Joyce employs more than half a dozen different languages in Ulysses as well as bending English words to create musical effects.
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