MUSIC 256Music Since 1900
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- Music
Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
A study of music of the 20th and early 21st centuries in cultural, political, and artistic contexts. Topics include modern and contemporary composers' challenges to traditional musical ideals in the music of Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, and others.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
2 posts and comments in 1 thread mention MUSIC 256, October 2020 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2020
MUSIC 256 Reviews? 5 points, 1 comment
u/clew3: “… MUSIC 256 focuses on music since the 1900s. You can find the course syllabus here. While this covers some impressionism and modern era stuff, I wouldn't be surprised to see tangents into music outside of your typical "classical music". …”
Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2024–25The archived entry
- Requirements for Fall 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
- Schedule of Classes, Fall 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
- Quest Class SearchWhere you enrol
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
Calendar versions
Undergraduate Calendar
- 2020–21
- 2021–22
- 2024–25 (shown here)
- 2019–20 and earlier on ucalendar