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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 and 21st Centuries
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; 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.
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. May
be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits. Special fee.
MUSI 832 - Advanced Choral Conducting
Credits:
2.00
See description for MUSI 831.
MUSI 836 - Graduate Early Wind Instruments
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in Renaissance and Baroque wind
instruments. May be repeated. Special fee.
MUSI 841 - Graduate Piano
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in piano. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 845 - Graduate Voice
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in voice. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 846 - Graduate Violin
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in violin. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 847 - Graduate Viola
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in viola. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 848 - Graduate Cello
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in cello. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 849 - Graduate Bass
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in bass. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 851 - Graduate Flute
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in flute. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 852 - Graduate Clarinet
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in clarinet. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors.
MUSI 853 - Graduate Saxophone
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in saxophone. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors.
MUSI 854 - Graduate Oboe
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in oboe. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 855 - Graduate Bassoon
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in bassoon. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors.
MUSI 856 - Graduate French Horn
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in French horn. May be repeated.
Special fee for non-majors.
MUSI 857 - Graduate Trumpet
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in trumpet. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors.
MUSI 858 - Graduate Trombone
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in trombone. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors.
MUSI 859 - Graduate Euphonium
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in euphonium. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors.
MUSI 860 - Graduate Tuba
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in tuba. May be repeated. Special fee
for non-majors.
MUSI 861 - Graduate Percussion
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in percussion. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors.
MUSI 862 - Graduate Keyboards
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in jazz piano. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors. Permission required.
MUSI 863 - Graduate Jazz Guitar
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in jazz guitar. May be repeated.
Special fee for non-majors.
MUSI 864 - Graduate Drum Set
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Private instruction in drum set. May be repeated. Special
fee for non-majors.
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:
permission.
MUSI 875 - Composition
Credits:
3.00
Construction of phrases, periods, and short compositions
following classical models. Problems of text-setting.
Prereq: permission.
MUSI 876 - Composition
Credits:
3.00
See description for MUSI 875. Prereq: MUSI 875 and
permission.
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. Prereq:
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: 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 and
21st century works. Prereq: 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.
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) piano literature; 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
Study of representative masterworks. 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.