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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. JAMES WARD. Material selected from the following topics: combinatorics, probability, modern algebra, logic, linear programming, and computer programming. This course, in conjunction with Mathematics 155 or 161, is intended as a one-year introduction to mathematics and is recommended for those students who intend to take only one year of college mathematics.
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3.00 Credits
Every year. Fall 2006. JAMES MCCALLA. A course in the basic elements of Western music and their notation, through the essentials of diatonic harmony. The class concentrates equally on written theory and musicianship skills to develop musical literacy. Frequent written assignments, drills, and quizzes, and additional laboratory work in ear training and basic keyboard skills. Students with musical backgrounds who wish to pass out of Theory I must take the placement test at the beginning of the fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. ROBERT GREENLEE. Hearing, notating, analyzing, and performing rhythms of various traditions across the world - such as the rhythmic polyphony of Ghana, the cyclic talas of Hindustani India, or the rumbas of Cuba - in order to study rhythmic organization, transmission, and performance. Labs include rhythmic dictation and practice on African percussion. Music 120 through 149 cover specific aspects of music history and literature, designed for students with little or no background in music. Course titles and contents may change every semester.
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3.00 Credits
Every other year. Fall 2007. JAMES MCCALLA. A survey of jazz's development from its African American roots in the late nineteenth century through the Swing Era of the 1930s and 1940s, and following the great Swing artists- e.g., Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Benny Goodman-through their later careers. Emphasis is on musical elements, but includes much attention to cultural and historical context through readings and videos. (Same as Africana Studies 121.)
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3.00 Credits
Every other year. Fall 2006. JAMES MCCALLA. A survey of jazz's development from the creation of bebop in the 1940s through the present day, e.g., from Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie through such artists as Joshua Redman, James Carter, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Emphasis is on musical elements, but includes much attention to cultural and historical context through readings and videos. (Same as Africana Studies 122.)
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3.00 Credits
d-VPA.Music in the Arab World
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. JAMES MCCALLA. One of the traditions of Western classical music is the exploration of existential questions, as well as the emotional and aesthetic ones more commonly associated with it. Considers issues of sacred and profane love, the propensity to war, and a kind of naturism derived in the West from Chinese philosophy and poetry. Works include the St. Matthew Passion of J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, and Gustav Mahler's symphony with voices DasLied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth).
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3.00 Credits
Every year. Spring 2007. MARY HUNTER. Highly recommended for those considering majoring in music. An introduction to the academic study of music and the types of questions confronting music scholars today. Why do humans make music In what ways are ideas communicated with musical sounds How do musical preferences develop How can we understand musical practices from different cultural and historical contexts Introduces students to the disciplinary goals and methods of the numerous subfields of music scholarship, as well as the ways in which music scholarship contributes to a variety of interdisciplinary approaches and life outside of academia.
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ. A survey of music since 1890, beginning at the turn of the century (Mahler, Debussy) and continuing to the present day. Changes in esthetics, technology, social contexts and musical materials, with reference to impressionism, the twelve-tone school, neoclassicism, developments in electronic, multimedia and "chance" techniques, and the most recent collage andminimalist approaches. Special attention given to Ives, Stravinsky, Cage, and the influence of non-Western music.
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. DANIEL SHARP. An introduction to the musics of Brazil that examines musical practice as a kind of cultural behavior. Students learn about the traditional roots of current modern popular styles and explore the role of music in a society divided along lines of class, race and gender. Special emphasis is given to Afro-Brazilian musical genres. (Same as Africana Studies 137 and Latin American Studies 137).
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