16:700:501(F) Introduction to Music Research (3) Introduction to bibliographical tools and research techniques for scholars and performers. The primary aim of the course is to develop a critical attitude to the manuscripts and editions used for performance and study. |
16:700:502(S) Current Issues in Musicology (3) Issues and debates within the current discipline of musicology via examination and discussion of recently published books and journal articles. Prerequisite: 16:700:501. |
16:700:511,512Music Theory-Intensive Review (3,3) Review of harmony (part-writing and progressions); counterpoint (two- and three-part species counterpoint, including imitation). Sight-reading and harmonic analysis. |
16:700:515,516Sound Synthesis and Computer-Assisted Composition (3,3) Analysis of sound and timbre. Use of the computer for musical composition. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:517The History of Musical Style (3) Aspects of convention and innovation in composer`s approach to sonority, harmony, melody, rhythm, and form in representative vocal and instrumental compositions from different historical periods, ca. 1600-1950. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:519,520Proseminar in Music History (3,2) Intensive study of selected areas in the history of music, with guided research leading to oral and written reports. Prerequisite: 16:700:501. |
16:700:522Studies in Music Theory (3) Exercises in harmony and counterpoint; elementary studies in composition based on practices from the Renaissance to the present. |
16:700:525,526Studies in Music Analysis (3,3) Study of styles and structures in compositions from the Middle Ages to the present and their relationship to ideas on composition held by composers and theorists. |
16:700:527Studies in Opera (3) Study of selected operas. Historical background, sources, editions, textual criticism, analysis, and performance practice. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:528Studies in Choral Literature (3) Study of selected works for chorus and vocal ensemble from the 16th century to the present. Historical background, sources, editions, textual criticism, analysis, and performance practice. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:529Studies in Instrumental Ensemble Literature (3) Study of selected chamber and orchestral works from the 17th century to the present. Historical background, sources, editions, textual criticism, analysis, and performance practice. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:530Studies in Keyboard Literature (3) Study of selected works for keyboard instruments. Historical background, sources, editions, textual criticism, analysis, and performance practice. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:531,532Proseminar in Composition (3,3) Practice in the techniques of creative composition. |
16:700:541,542Special Topics in Music Theory and Analysis (3,3) Recent developments in music theory and 20th-century analytical techniques. Topics vary from year to year. Prerequisites: 16:700:525,526. |
16:700:551Jazz Research and Analysis (3) Introduction to scholarly research in jazz. Covers research methods, transcription, and analysis of recorded jazz performances; pertinent African-American cultural issues; and questions of performance practice. Prerequisite: 16:700:501. Recommended as pre- or corequisite: 16:700:525. |
16:700:552Introduction to Ethnomusicology (3) Introduction to the theory and methodology of ethnomusicology; current issues and intellectual history. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:567,568Proseminar in Performance Practice (3,3) Problems of performance practice in vocal and instrumental music of the period from the Renaissance through the 18th-century. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:571,572Schenkerian Analysis (3,3) Analytic applications of Heinrich Schenker`s notational graphing techniques for understanding structural and harmonic/contrapuntal aspects of tonal music. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:700:573,574Twentieth-Century Theory (3,3) Analysis of selected compositions from ca. 1910 to the present. Theoretical strategies and perspectives. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Offered in alternate years. |
16:700:601Independent Study (3) Individual research leading to an essay demonstrating command of the techniques of historical or analytical research. |
16:700:619,620Seminar in Musicology (3,3) Individual research in selected areas of music history and the specialized fields of musicology. Prerequisite: 16:700:501. |
16:700:631,632Seminar in Composition (3,3) Advanced study of the techniques of creative composition. For students pursuing the doctoral degree. |
16:700:651,652History of Music Theory and Notation (3,3) Intensive study of selected sources from antiquity to the 20th century, with emphasis on medieval and Renaissance notational systems, church modes, the teaching of counterpoint, and theories of tonality. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Offered in alternate years. |
