Restriction(s): Music majors only. An introduction to the diverse nature of the music experience by examining various traditions from Africa, Asia, South America, Europe and North America. Develops listening skills and considers the role of performer and their audiences in multiple frameworks, including ritual, political and the world of entertainment. Meets Gen Ed - Fine and Performing Arts.
Corequisite(s): MUCP 201. Prerequisite(s): MUCP 102; and WRIT 105 or HONP 100. Restriction(s): Music majors and minors only. Studies in Western music from its beginnings to 1700. An introduction to music history and criticism; development of analytical methods appropriate to each repertory. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Music.
Prerequisite(s): MUCP 102; and WRIT 105 or HONP 100; and MUCP 201. Restriction(s): Music majors and minors only. Studies in Western music from 1700 to 1890. An introduction to music history and criticism; development of analytical methods appropriate to each repertory. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Music.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 308. Restriction(s): Music majors and minors only. Intensive study of a single composer or limited array of works. 7-week course. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credits.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 308. Restriction(s): Music majors and minors only. Intensive study of composer, a genre or a particular problem in the history of music. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credits.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 308. Restriction(s): Music majors and minors only. Intensive study of composer, a genre or a particular problem in the history of music. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credits.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 307 and MUHS 308. Restriction(s): Music majors and minors only. Studies in Western music from 1890 to the present. An introduction to music history and criticism; development of analytical methods appropriate to each repertory. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Music.
Prerequisite(s): MUCP 202 and MUHS 308. Restriction(s): Music majors only. The conditions and preconceptions involved in writing music history with particular emphasis on the current discussions of "positivism", narrative historical writing, and the role of "criticism". Special attention to Mendel's "evidence and explanation", the Kerman-Lowinsky debate and Kerman's and Treitler's views.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 307 and MUHS 308; and instructor approval (interview). Restriction(s): Music majors and minors only. Covers music from Europe and the Americas from 1890 to the present. Advanced study of music history and criticism; analytical methods appropriate to each repertory. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Music.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 308. The development of 19th century music from the influence of Beethoven through Romanticism, national schools and into the 20th century.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 308. A survey of thinking about the nature effects and position of music from classical Greece to the present.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 307 and MUHS 308; and instructor approval (interview). Project and/or study planned with sponsoring faculty member. May be repeated twice for a maximum of 9 credits.
Study of a specific area. 7-week course. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credits.
Study of a specific area. 7-week course. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credits.
A series of projects in music history and analysis involving detailed work on pieces selected with the needs and interests of members of the class in mind. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credits.
Problems of esthetics, notation, instrumentation, ornamentation, and interpretation in vocal and instrumental music from the time of Caccini and Monteverdi through that of J.S. Bach and Handel.
Problems of esthetics, notation, instrumentation, ornamentation, and interpretation in vocal and instrumental music from the second decade of the eighteenth century through the works of Beethoven.
Special focus on music from 1960 to the present, from the European and American traditions and from the worldwide vernaculars with which they are increasingly engaged. Includes discussion of technology, media, aesthetics, politics, race, sex and gender, and religion.
This chronological survey charts the history and development of major styles and artists of jazz, from African roots in the New World to the present. Representative recordings are analyzed and connected to other music in American and world cultures.
Operas of the Baroque and Classical eras from Monteverdi through Beethoven; evolution of style, changing aesthetics, characterization, and plot development and the cultural environment within which these developments have taken place.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 554. Continuation of MUHS 554, examining operatic styles and representative works of the Romantic and Modern eras.
Prerequisite(s): MUHS 604 and MUHS 605; and instructor approval (interview). Individual pursuit of a research topic culminating in a written document of length and scholarly integrity independent of any course structure. May cover two semesters; student registers for the semester in which work will be completed. May be repeated twice for a maximum of 9 credits.
Restriction(s): Music majors only. Study of music bibliography, research method and critical analysis.
Restriction(s): Music majors only. Research and discussion of selected topics in the literature of music focusing on stylistic and analytical problems.