Music 1a. Introduction to Western Music from the Middle Ages to Mozart
Catalog Number: 8071
Sean Gallagher
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 2. EXAM GROUP: 7
Explores about one thousand years of music history (ca. 800-1800), from the medieval through the Classical period. Particular emphasis is given to the liturgical and stylistic context of Gregorian chant and early polyphony; text-music relationships in Renaissance and early baroque compositions; and the works of J. S. Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart.
Note: Music 1a can be taken independently of Music 1b. No prior knowledge of music is presumed. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Literature and Arts B.
[Music 1b. Introduction to Western Music from Beethoven to the Present]
Catalog Number: 4952
Sean Gallagher
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 2. EXAM GROUP: 7
Music 1b continues the survey started in Music 1a, beginning with the transition from the Classical to the Romantic period. Explores the history of music in its stylistic and cultural contexts, including aspects of form, composition, social significance, and politics. Composers studied include Beethoven, Schubert, Robert and Clara Schumann, Liszt, Berlioz, Mahler, Wagner, Bizet, Verdi, Schoenberg, Berg, Stravinsky, Debussy, and later twentieth-century figures.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Music 1b can be taken independently of Music 1a. No prior knowledge of music presumed. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Literature and Arts B.
Music 2. Foundations of Tonal Music I
Catalog Number: 0645 Enrollment: Limited to 60.
Anne C. Shreffler
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Seeks to develop a greater understanding of musical language, the conceptual foundations of musical literature, and of how critical listening and analysis can be performed. We will make use of traditional prose analysis in the form of written essays as well as musically specific writing and analytical techniques. While reading knowledge of simple musical notation is helpful, there will be at least one section for students with no previous experience.
Note: Open to all students. May not be counted for concentration. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Literature and Arts B.
Music 3. Foundations of Tonal Music II
Catalog Number: 5805 Enrollment: Limited to 48.
Richard Beaudoin
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11.
The first part of the course concentrates on increasing understanding and fluency in writing within the musical language of “common practice tonality.” The second part of the course looks at 20th-century techniques for composing music. The final project is a short composition that will be performed during reading period. Teaching takes place in groups of 10-12, divided according to background, with full group lectures every week.
Note: May not be counted for concentration credit.
Prerequisite: Music 2 or permission of the instructor.
Music 4. Introduction to Composition
Catalog Number: 2239 Enrollment: Limited to 16.
Richard Beaudoin
Half course (fall term). Tu., 3–5, Th., at 4. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
Open to students with little or no prior experience in composition. Explores ways of thinking about and organizing basic compositional elements such as melody, harmony, rhythm and instrumental color, as well as developing skills of score preparation and analytical listening. The primary focus of the course is a series of short compositional exercises, culminating in a somewhat longer final project. Workshop performances of students’ music take place throughout the term.
Note: May not be counted for concentration credit.
Prerequisite: Music 2 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Music 5. Intermediate Composition - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 9966
Peter Gilbert
Half course (spring term). Tu., 3–5, Th., at 4. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
Continues the exploration of basic compositional principles begun in Music 4 with a focus on strategies of large-scale organization in music. Students write pieces during the semester exemplifying a different principle of formal structure (e.g. rondo, through composition, and "moment form").
Note: May be taken independently of Music 4 with permission of instructor. May not be counted for concentration credit.
*Music 51a. Theory 1 - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 2261
Alexander Rehding
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Musicianship, harmony and counterpoint. Course proceeds via frequent practical exercises (model composition, ear training, analytical exercises and keyboard harmony assignments). First semester concentrates on medodies, bass lines, and simple tonal counterpoint.
Note: Music 51a or its equivalent is required of all concentrators. Students planning to concentrate in Music are encouraged to take the course in their freshman year. Concentrators should plan to meet this requirement by no later than the end of the sophomore year.
Prerequisite: Basic theory and ear training skills. Basic keyboard skills are useful.
*Music 51b. Theory 1 - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 9585
Alexander Rehding
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Continuation of the skills practiced in Music 51a. The second semester focuses on four-part writing and more advanced harmony/counterpoint, using a wide range of musical styles.
Note: Music 51b or its equivalent is required of all concentrators. Students planning to concentrate in Music are encouraged to take the course in their freshman year. Concentrators should plan to meet this requirement by no later than the end of the sophomore year.
Prerequisite: Music 51a.
*Music 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 1298
Christopher Hasty and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Open to students wishing to pursue supervised study in an area not covered by the courses currently offered. Students must submit a study proposal to the faculty member with whom they wish to study and a signed proposal to the Head Tutor. May be counted for concentration only with the prior approval of the Department.
*Music 92r. Senior Project
Catalog Number: 2744
Christopher Hasty and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
For students doing a Senior Project, when a pertinent regularly listed course does not exist, or is not being offered during the student’s senior year.
Note: Students should read carefully and well in advance the relevant material in Handbook for Students, under the section of “Fields of Concentration: Music.” Students should note, in particular #3 in the section marked ‘Basic requirements’: “a brief written prospectus . . . must be approved and signed by the instructor, and submitted to the Head Tutor no later than the second week of the term.” The prospectus must clarify, when appropriate, why no regularly listed course being offered during the student’s senior year is pertinent to the proposed work.
*Music 93r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 8849
James D. Yannatos
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Open to students wishing to pursue supervised study in chamber music. Students must submit a study proposal to Professor Yannatos and a signed proposal to the Head Tutor.
Note: May not be taken Pass/Fail. May not be counted for concentration.
*Music 97r. Music History and Repertory
Catalog Number: 0113
Sean Gallagher (fall term) and Anne C. Shreffler (spring term)
Full course (indivisible). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 3
An intensive survey of Western music throughout its history and of selected non-Western musical traditions, providing methods of further study of music in historical and cultural contexts as well as basic knowledge of repertory.
Note: Music 97r is required of all concentrators, preferably taken in the sophomore year, or earlier by permission. Each half of the course culminates in an examination testing students’ knowledge of a large listening repertory. These examinations must be passed in order to receive credit for the course.
Prerequisite: Music 51 (may be taken concurrently).
*Music 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 5601
Christopher Hasty and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Open to junior candidates for honors in Music who have written permission to enroll from the instructor with whom they wish to work, and also from the Head Tutor in Music. With permission, may be taken for a second term.
*Music 99r. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 1765
Christopher Hasty and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Open to senior candidates for honors in Music who have written permission to enroll from the instructor with whom they wish to work, and also from the Head Tutor in Music. May be counted toward concentration credit only by honors candidates.
[Music 121b. Advanced Choral Conducting]
Catalog Number: 1675
Jameson N. Marvin
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Score Analysis and Interpretation: learning to understand the symbolic notation of musical gesture. Development of the mental-aural image of the score: preparing the conductor’s ear for rehearsal. Rehearsing: how to hear, how to listen, how to fix. Further development of conducting technique: clarity, precision, and informed expressivity revealing musical gesture.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Music 121a, Music 51, or conducting and musicianship background.
*Music 125a. Beginning Orchestration and Conducting
Catalog Number: 8397
James D. Yannatos
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Studies in basic conducting skills related to exercises in 17th- and 18th-century orchestration. Demonstration of stringed instruments.
Note: May not be counted for concentration credit.
Prerequisite: Music 51 or permission of instructor.
[*Music 125b. Advanced Orchestration and Conducting]
Catalog Number: 8304
James D. Yannatos
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4.
Advanced conducting skills related to studies in tonal, polytonal, atonal, 12-tone and avant-garde orchestration. Demonstration of wind, brass, and percussion instruments.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or permission of instructor.
Music 126b. Advanced Conducting
Catalog Number: 4868
James D. Yannatos
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Workshop for aspiring conductors with some experience. The technical aspects of conducting and rehearsing in relation to an understanding of the score will be studied with practical classroom exercises using piano and various instrumental groups.
Prerequisite: Music 125a, Music 154, and/or permission of the instructor.
Music 154. Theory II
Catalog Number: 4771
Suzannah Clark
Full course. Fall: Tu., Th., 10–11:30. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 12, 13
Continues the work of Music 51 with emphasis on Classical style (Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven). Concepts are developed through composition, keyboard and analytical exercises. Topics include harmony, phrase structure, form, sonata procedures. Spring term explores chromatic harmony in 18th- and 19th-century music.
Note: Required of all concentrators. May not be counted for credit toward an advanced degree.
Prerequisite: Music 51 or equivalent.
Music 155. Modal Counterpoint
Catalog Number: 7710
Mary Lee Greitzer
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 3–4:30. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
Study of representative styles and genres of 16th-century polyphony. Detailed analytic work will be combined with compositional exercises.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or permission of instructor.
Music 156. Tonal Counterpoint
Catalog Number: 3930
Richard Beaudoin
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 1–2:30. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Written work in the Bach style.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or equivalent.
[Music 157x. Tonal Analysis]
Catalog Number: 6830
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Detailed examination of representative tonal compositions.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. For undergraduates who have completed Music 154 or equivalent.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or permission of instructor.
Music 157y. Analysis of 20th-Century Music
Catalog Number: 4397
Christopher Hasty
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Intensive survey of compositional styles and techniques of the last 100 years. Traditional pitch-centered analysis, including set theory, as well as approaches focusing on rhythm, timbre, gesture, and other elements.
Note: Open to graduate students.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or permission of instructor.
Music 158r. Interpreting Musical Performance
Catalog Number: 9813
Christopher Hasty
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Analyzing Performance. Analysis of selected pieces aimed at discovering and evaluating possibilities for execution and perception. Repertory includes fully notated music and music that has no tradition of notation. Questions addressed are those of perception, notation, and adequacy of conventional analytic categories.
Note: Open to graduate students.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or permission of instructor.
*Music 160r. Composition: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 8026
Anne C. Shreffler
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Open to students prepared for individual work in composition. Focus on the string quartet, including contemporary repertoire survey, short exercises, and a final project of modest dimensions. Incorporates readings and final performance of students’ work.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or permission of instructor.
*Music 161r. Advanced Composition
Catalog Number: 6714
Michael Gandolfi
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Advanced course in musical composition. Consists of a mixture of one-on-one and group meetings.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or equivalent.
*Music 167r. Electronic Music Composition
Catalog Number: 3806 Enrollment: Limited to 10.
Hans Tutschku
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 16, 17
Composition/performance involving analog and digital electronic medium. Projects realized using recording gear and computers; study of relevant aspects of acoustic and electronic theory; compositions since 1948 of musique concrete, acousmatic and live-electronic music; synthesis, sampling, digital recording, and live performance techniques.
Prerequisite: One course in theory/composition or permission of instructor.
Music 178r. Musicianship
Catalog Number: 2339
Jody Diamond
Half course (fall term). Th., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
Contemporary Gamelan Performance and Composition. Students study and perform music for gamelan, a percussion orchestra orginating in Java and Bali. On the group of gamelan instruments named Si Betty, students will play works by composers from Indonesia, the U.S. and elsewhere. Coursework includes a final group performance and projects in composition practice.
Note: No previous experience required. Musicians and composers are welcome.
*Music 180r. Performance and Analysis: Seminar
Catalog Number: 2294 Enrollment: By audition only, prior to the first meeting.
Robert D. Levin and Daniel Stepner
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). M., 7–10 pm, and an additional meeting to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: Spring: 9
Representative chamber music of the past and present is prepared for performance in class sessions and private coachings. Intensive class analysis as the basis of musical expression and interpretation.
Note: Open to singers and instrumentalists.
*Music 182r (Music 182r). 17th- and 18th-Century Performance Practice
Catalog Number: 1460
Robert D. Levin
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Articulation, ornamentation, improvisation, and other stylistic domains are considered from the perspectives of historical evidence and modern performance.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or permission of instructor.
[Music 183r (formerly Music 183). 19th-Century and 20th-Century Performance Practice ]
Catalog Number: 0117
Robert D. Levin
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Evolution of performance style from the Classical era to the present day. The decline in the creative role of the performer and rapid technological developments are explored. Examination of contemporary treatises and performance styles. A dialogue between scholarship and performance is encouraged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Music 154 or permission of instructor.
[Music 190r. Topics in World Music: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 1312
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. For music concentrators or permission of instructor.
[Music 191r. Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 2524
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. For music concentrators or permission of instructor.
Music 192r. Topics in Music from 1600–1800: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 6726
Christoph Wolff
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4.
Monteverdi’s Vespers, Bach’s B-Minor Mass, and Mozart’s Zauberflöte. Case studies of exemplary works and critical stages in the history of musical composition.
Note: For music concentrators or permission of instructor.
Music 193r. Topics in Music from 1800 to the Present: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 3741
Sindhumathi Revuluri
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3.
French Music After Wagner. Considers French musical expression from the death of Wagner through World War I in light of musical nationalism, colonial expansion, and the influence of musical institutions. Explores the intersections between music and other arts during this period.
Note: For music concentrators or by permission of instructor.
Music 193rs. Topics in Music from 1800 - Present
Catalog Number: 5935
Sean Gallagher
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3.
The Chamber Music of Brahms. Focuses on analysis of representative chamber works (including songs). Other topics include Brahms’s engagement with earlier music, social contexts of chamber music, performance conventions, and twentieth-century reception of his chamber music.
Note: For music concentrators or by permission of instructor.
[Music 193rt. Topics in Music from 1800 to the Present]
Catalog Number: 3230
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Expected to be given in 2009-10. For music concentrators or by permission of concentrators.
[Music 193ru (formerly Music 192r). Topics in Music from 1800-Present]
Catalog Number: 2944
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. For music concentrators or permission of instructor.
Music 194r. Special Topics: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 2846
Ellie M. Hisama
Half course (fall term). F., 1–3.
New Currents in Asian American Music Studies. Examines diverse ways Asian Americans have understood and shaped their musical practices. Considers Asian American musics in relation to diaspora, race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, polyculturalism, and activism.
Note: For music concentrators or by permission of instructor. May be taken by students from other departments with permission of instructor.
[Music 194rs. Special Topics: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 8586
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Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 1–2:30.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
[Music 194rt. Special Topics: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 8523
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
[Music 194ru. Special Topics: Proseminar]
Catalog Number: 7341
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Music 201a. Current Methods in Historical Musicology
Catalog Number: 4975
Sindhumathi Revuluri
Half course (fall term). W., 10–12.
Introduction to musicological scholarship drawing upon theoretical frameworks, and working methods of historical musicology. Includes aspects of the history of the discipline of musicology, as well as newer methodologies. Students will read relevant theoretical texts from other disciplines and consider the possibilities of interdisciplinary projects within musicology.
Note: Graduate students only. May be taken independently by students from other departments with permission of instructor.
Music 201b. Current Methods in Ethnomusicology
Catalog Number: 3995
Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5.
Focuses on the introduction to scholarly study of music with emphasis on the history and methodologies of ethnomusicology. Theories of music in culture, field methods, analytical and notational strategies, and critical tools for scholarship.
Note: May be taken by students from other departments with permission of instructor.
Music 206r. Research Methods in Ethnomusicology: Musical Ethnography
Catalog Number: 6891
Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3.
An introduction to the theories and methods of ethnomusicological fieldwork, including changing conceptions of the research site, ethical concerns, interview techniques, the ethnography of musical performance, and data analysis and interpretation.
Note: Individual research project required. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
[Music 207r. Ethnomusicology: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 2149
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
[Music 207rs. Ethnomusicology: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 8999
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
[Music 208r. Ethnomusicology: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 2232
Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Music 209r. Ethnomusicology: Seminar
Catalog Number: 4022
Ingrid Monson
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3.
Music and Cultural Theory. Since the 1980’s, the fields of musicology and ethnomusicology have seen an influx of new thinking that draws on interdisciplinary trends in the humanities and the social sciences with emphasis on anthropology and poststructural criticism.
Note: Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
[Music 212r. Chant: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 4984
Thomas Forrest Kelly
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Music 213r. Topics in Medieval Polyphony - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 8384
Margaret Bent
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The manuscript Bologna Q.15: codicology, repertory, contexts. This is the most important international anthology of early 15th-century polyphony. Newcomers to manuscript or late-medieval studies will retrace my steps and learn how to set about such work. Many challenges have been resolved but there is still much to do. The publication can serve as a basis for further work of many kinds, according to participant’s experience.
Music 214r. Renaissance Music: Seminar
Catalog Number: 7825
Sean Gallagher
Half course (fall term). Th., 3–5.
The Music of Ockeghem and Busnoys. Comparative analysis of works of two leading fifteenth-century composers, with emphasis on their different aesthetic and compositional priorities. Other topics will include connections between notation and composition; intertextuality and the chanson.
Note: Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
[Music 215r. Baroque: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 6817
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Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Music 216ar. 18th-Century Music: Seminar
Catalog Number: 6868
Christoph Wolff
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4.
Editing C.P.E. Bach: The Complete Works. Conceptual aspects, philological problems, and musical issues in the context of the critical editions of J.S. Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Music 216br. 18th Century Music: Seminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 0601
Christoph Wolff
Half course (spring term). M., 10–12.
Editorial workshop. Preparing a critical edition of C. P. E. Bach’s trio sonatas.
Music 217r. 19th-Century Music: Seminar
Catalog Number: 9814
Lewis Lockwood
Half course (fall term). Tu., 3–5.
Late Beethoven.
Note: Music Department graduate students only.
Music 218r. 20th-Century Music: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0774
Anne C. Shreffler
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Music 218rs. 20th-Century Music: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0301 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Ellie M. Hisama
Half course (spring term). F., 1–3.
History/Theory/Criticism of Hip-Hop. Explores hip-hop music and culture through historical, analytical, and critical perspectives. Examines hip-hop’s relationships to race, gender/sexuality, class and politics in performance, recordings and film/video.
Note: Graduate students only, with priority given to Music Department graduate students.
Music 218rt. 20th-Century Music: Seminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 3970 Enrollment: Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Anne C. Shreffler
Half course (fall term). Th., 10–12.
Music of the Last Ten Years.
Music 219r. 19th- and 20th-Century Music
Catalog Number: 2275
Sindhumathi Revuluri
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3.
Music and Empire. Considers the complex and dynamic relationship between music and various manifestations of empire (including, but not limited to, imperial conquest, colonial - and post-colonial - formations, and global monopoly capitalism) from the 17th century to the present through engagement with critical theory and a variety of musical works.
Note: Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Music 219rs. 19th- and 20th-Century Music
Catalog Number: 1518
Alexander Rehding
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3.
Memory, Monumentality and Canonicity. Examines music’s role in cultural memory, how work and composer’s biography can merge into musical monuments; musical ephemera; instances of canon formation in 19th and 20th century music.
Note: Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Music 220ar. History of Music Theory: Seminar
Catalog Number: 2119
Alexander Rehding
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3.
Sensus and Ratio. Examines foundations of music theory, grounded in external nature (ratio) orin our hearing (sensus); explores how theorists between Pythagoras and Heimholtz account for the discrepancies between the two approaches.
[Music 220br. History of Music Theory: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 1580 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
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Half course (spring term). Tu., 4–6.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
[Music 221r. Current Issues in Music Theory]
Catalog Number: 5926
Alexander Rehding
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Music 222r. Schenkerian Analysis I
Catalog Number: 4055
Suzannah Clark
Half course (fall term). M., 10–12.
Introduction to the theories and graphing techniques of Heinrich Schenker and his followers through the analysis of selected works.
Note: Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.
Music 230r (formerly Music 230ar). Topics in Music Theory I
Catalog Number: 5712
Christopher Hasty
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3.
Pedagogy. A critical examination of ways music and musicianship is taught at the undergraduate level with the aim of developing new methods, concepts, and technologies. Composers, ethnomusicologists, historians, and theorists will be encouraged to work together and across sub-disciplinary boundaries.
Note: Music department graduate students only.
Music 230rs. Topics in Music Theory II
Catalog Number: 6696
Christopher Hasty
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–3.
Rhythm. An exploration of time and movement in music through engagement with a variety of repertories and readings from music theory, philosophy, and psychology.
[Music 235r. Cognitive Theories of Music]
Catalog Number: 9538
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
*Music 261r. Composition: Seminar
Catalog Number: 3326
Martin Bresnick (spring term)
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
For first year graduate students prepared for work in original composition.
*Music 262r. Composition: Seminar
Catalog Number: 4457
Martin Bresnick (spring term)
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
For 2nd year and advanced graduate students prepared for work in original composition.
Music 264ra. Electronic Music Composition: Seminar
Catalog Number: 1939
Hans Tutschku
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4.
Music and Space. Intensive work in computer music concentrating on traditional and recent electronic techniques.
Note: Music 264ra may be taken independently of Music 264rb.
Prerequisite: Previous knowledge of electronic music techniques, or permission of instructor.
Music 264rb. Electronic Music: Composition
Catalog Number: 3357
Hans Tutschku
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4.
Compositions of Live Electronics. Intensive work in signal processing in MSP.
Note: Music 264rb may be taken independently of Music 264ra.
Prerequisite: Previous knowledge of Max/MSP.
Music 265r. Orchestration
Catalog Number: 2379 Enrollment: Limited to 8.
Michael Gandolfi
Half course (spring term). Th., 10–12.
Focuses on composing for orchestral instruments in large ensembles and orchestras. It alternates classroom meetings and practical sessions with instrumentalists.
Note: Open to composition graduate students or with permission of instructor.
[Music 270r. Special Topics]
Catalog Number: 3727
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Half course (fall term). Th., 10–12. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
[Music 271r. Fromm Seminar in Composition]
Catalog Number: 1311
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
[Music 272r. Special Topics]
Catalog Number: 2059 Enrollment: Limited to 8.
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Music 299. Reading and Research for Masters - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 6548
Christoph Wolff, Thomas Forrest Kelly, Robert D. Levin, and Alexander Rehding
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Individual work on specific topics leading to the completion of the masters thesis.
*Music 301. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 6543
Carolyn Abbate 5304 (spring term only), Mauro Calcagno 3871 (spring term only), Sean Gallagher 4415, Elliott John Gyger 4462 (fall term only) (spring term only), Christopher Hasty 4445, Thomas Forrest Kelly 1324 (on leave 2008-09), Ingrid Monson 1591, Carol J. Oja 4599 (on leave 2008-09), Alexander Rehding 4651, Sindhumathi Revuluri 5846 (fall term only), Kay Kaufman Shelemay 3483, Anne C. Shreffler 4656, Hans Tutschku 5147, Richard K. Wolf 1386 (on leave fall term), and Christoph Wolff 4532and Suzannah Clark
Individual work in preparation for the General Examination for the PhD degree.
Note: May not be counted toward course requirements for the PhD degree.
*Music 309. Doctoral Colloquium
Catalog Number: 2260
Richard K. Wolf 1386 (on leave fall term)
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
*Music 310. Direction of Doctoral Dissertations
Catalog Number: 1819
Christopher Hasty 4445, Thomas Forrest Kelly 1324 (on leave 2008-09), Robert D. Levin 3482 (on leave 2007-08 ), Ingrid Monson 1591, Carol J. Oja 4599 (on leave 2008-09), Alexander Rehding 4651, Kay Kaufman Shelemay 3483, Anne C. Shreffler 4656 (on leave 2007-08 ), Christoph Wolff 4532 (on leave 2007-08 ), Sean Gallagher 4415, Sindhumathi Revuluri 5846, Suzannah Clark (fall term only)
Note: May not be counted toward course requirements for the PhD degree.