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MUSI #801 - Music of the Medieval Period
Credits:
3.00
Nature of the beginnings of polyphony. The pre-eminent
influence of the church in the 13th century and the rising
secular movement in the 14th. Music as a dominant force in
the political and social life of the Middle Ages.
MUSI 803 - Music of the Renaissance
Credits:
3.00
Works of the 15th- and 16th-century composers from
Dunstable to Palestrina.
MUSI 805 - Music of the Baroque
Credits:
3.00
Music of Europe from de Rore to Bach.
MUSI 807 - Music of the Classical Period
Credits:
3.00
Growth of musical styles and forms from early classicism
through the high classicism of Haydn, Mozart, and the
young Beethoven.
MUSI 809 - Music of the Romantic Period
Credits:
3.00
A survey of Romanticism in music from Beethoven's late
period to the end of the 19th century. The works of
Schubert, Berlioz, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Wagner,
Verdi, Brahms, Austrian symphonists, French
pre-impressionists, and national styles in European music.
MUSI 811 - Music of the 20th Century
Credits:
3.00
Styles and techniques of composers from Debussy to the
present. Special emphasis on tonal music before World War I;
neoclassical trends; the emergence of atonality and serial
techniques; anti-rationalist music; electronic music.
MUSI 813 - Art Song
Credits:
3.00
History and literature of the solo song with piano
accompaniment. Survey of national styles of the 19th and
20th centuries and deeper study of the central core of the
art song--the German Lied.
MUSI 815 - Survey of Opera
Credits:
3.00
History of the genre from Monteverdi to the present.
Representative masterpieces by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven,
Weber, Wagner, Verdi, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Berg, and
others.
MUSI #817 - Survey of Piano Literature
Credits:
3.00
Keyboard literature from the baroque to the present.
Analysis, discussion, and illustration of works by Bach,
Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, the romantic composers, and
contemporary writers.
MUSI 831 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting
Credits:
2.00
Physical aspects, equipment of conductor, fundamental
gestures and beats, baton techniques. Reading and analysis
of full and condensed scores, study of transposition,
psychology of rehearsal. Prereq: advanced music theory.
Can be repeated for credit.
MUSI 832 - Advanced Choral Conducting
Credits:
2.00
See description for MUSI 831. Can be repeated for credit.
MUSI #835 - Collegium Musicum
Credits:
1.00
Instrumentalists and singers perform small ensemble music
from all periods, with emphasis on Renaissance and Baroque
music. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 credits.
MUSI 836 - Graduate Early Wind Instruments
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI #837 - Graduate Early String Instruments
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 841 - Graduate Piano
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 842 - Graduate Harpsichord
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 843 - Graduate Organ
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI #844 - Graduate Harp
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 845 - Graduate Voice
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 846 - Graduate Violin
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 847 - Graduate Viola
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 848 - Graduate Cello
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 849 - Graduate Bass
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 850 - Graduate Classical Guitar
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 851 - Graduate Flute
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 852 - Graduate Clarinet
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 853 - Graduate Saxophone
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 854 - Graduate Oboe
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 855 - Graduate Bassoon
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 856 - Graduate French Horn
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 857 - Graduate Trumpet
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 858 - Graduate Trombone
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 859 - Graduate Euphonium
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 860 - Graduate Tuba
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 861 - Graduate Percussion
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 862 - Graduate Keyboards
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 863 - Graduate Jazz Guitar
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 864 - Graduate Drum Set
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Special fee.
MUSI 871 - Counterpoint
Credits:
3.00
Contrapuntal techniques of tonal music. Melodic construction
and dissonance treatment through work in species
counterpoint and studies in harmonic elaboration and
prolongation. Analysis of selected compositions emphasizes
the connection between fundamental contrapuntal techniques
and the voice-leading of composition. Prereq: music
theory II or permission.
MUSI 872 - Counterpoint
Credits:
3.00
See description for MUSI 871.
MUSI 875 - Composition
Credits:
3.00
Construction of phrases, periods, and short compositions
following classical models. Problems of text-setting.
Prereq: music theory II or permission.
MUSI 876 - Composition
Credits:
3.00
See description for MUSI 875.
MUSI 877 - Advanced Composition
Credits:
3.00
Continuation of MUSI 876. Individual compositional projects.
Prereq: MUSI 876 and permission. May be repeated for credit.
MUSI 879 - Orchestration
Credits:
3.00
Characteristics of band and orchestral instruments both
individually and in small (homogeneous) and large (mixed)
groupings. Students study scores, write arrangements, and
have arrangements performed if at all possible. Some aspects
of vocal writing. Prereq: music theory II or permission.
MUSI 881 - Analysis: Form and Structure
Credits:
3.00
An introduction to analytical techniques through the study
of representative masterworks; formal and structural
elements and their interrelationships. Analysis of 18th- and
19th-century works. Prereq: music theory II or permission.
MUSI 882 - Analysis: Form and Structure
Credits:
3.00
An introduction to analytical techniques through the study
of representative masterworks; formal and structural
elements and their interrelationships. Analysis of
20th-century works. Prereq: music theory II or permission.
MUSI 885 - Electronic Sound Synthesis
Credits:
4.00
Computers and digital synthesizers, methods of sound
synthesis (e.g., fm synthesis, sampling), MIDI programming
in Visual Basic and C++, control programs for synthesizers,
notation using computers (e.g., finale for PC and
Macintosh.) (Generally offered in the spring.)
MUSI 895 - Special Studies
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
A) J.S. Bach; B) Franz Schubert; C) Debussy and Ravel;
D) The World of Jazz; E) The Iconography of Western
European Musical Instruments; F) 19th-Century French
Music; G) Advanced Analysis; H) Advanced Study in Electronic
Music; I) Composition through Computer-Generated Sound;
J) Woodwind Literature; K) Brass Literature; L) String
Literature; M) Medieval Performance Practice; N) Renaissance
Performance Practice; O) Baroque Performance Practice;
P) Classical Performance Practice; Q) 19th-Century
Performance Practice; R) 20th-Century Performance Practice;
S) Woodwind Repair; T) String Repair; U) Advanced Jazz
Improvisation; V) Advanced Piano Pedagogy; W) Advanced
Accompanying; X) Advanced Conducting; Y) Independent Study.
Prereq: permission. May be repeated for credit with
permission.
MUSI 955 - Introduction to Bibliography
Credits:
3.00
An intensive survey of basic reference works, music
periodicals, collected editions, series, treatises, books on
musical instruments and performance practice, and the
important monographs on major composers from Machaut to
Schoenberg. A reading knowledge of German and French is
very useful.
MUSI 956 - Readings in Music History: Antiquity to 1600
Credits:
3.00
An opportunity to read and study in detail a restricted
number of monographs and editions.
MUSI 957 - Readings in Music History: 1600 to 1820
Credits:
3.00
An opportunity to read and study in detail a restricted
number of monographs and editions.
MUSI 958 - Readings in Music History: 1820 to the Present
Credits:
3.00
An opportunity to read and study in detail a restricted
number of monographs and editions.
MUSI 991 - Research Seminar
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Guidance on individual research projects. Prereq:
permission.
MUSI 994 - Theory Seminar
Credits:
3.00
Theory and practice from the baroque to contemporary music.
Performance practice in the baroque and later periods. Score
analysis. Prereq: permission.
MUSI 995 - Independent Study in the History and Theory of Music
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Opportunity for especially qualified students to
investigate, with guidance, specific areas of their
scholarly concern. Prereq: permission.