Part of the BSN gen ed requirement, though I go into using music as therapy and also discussing looking for pop music addiction in nursing diagnoses.
I was going to audit a classical course on music theory but after reading some of the books included in the outline a lot of it goes into feminism and other postmodern approaches.
I make sure each "module" has references to women composers and/or performers (e.g. Barbara Strozzi for the Baroque, Marianna Martines for Classic era, etc.) and pointing out the homosexuality of Tchaikovsky and Copland, among others. OTOH I also talk about the effects of Christianity on Baroque composers, how Liszt turned his life around at 50 (referencing Dave Mustaine as a modern example), and similar infiltrations.
It’s good incidental historical knowledge but I can’t personally believe that sex plays a great part in creativity. What I mean is that by listening to a piece of music you can’t say that a woman wrote it or a homosexual wrote it (unless there are lyrical references). Music, I believe, can transcend sexual distinctions. Like Paul referencing that there will be no sex distinctions in heaven, that we will shed our worldly body. Yes, music is cultural but it also transcend this world and gives us beauty. Beauty is hot related to gender in any way that I can see. It is a transcendental which escape the bound of earths.
Dave Mustaine! I met his bass player in a guitar clinic. Apparently, he is a preacher in Arizona and a cool guy. Maybe he helped Dave. But it is amazing that Megadeth can flip into something wholesome. A conversion like Paul on the road to Damascus? I talked to the bass player about the negative imagery and tone of Megadeth and whether it was just a youthful rebellion thing. He said at his age he still likes the form and energy. Almost like Christopher Lee’s appreciation of the energy of metal when he was 93 — God bless his soul.