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3.00 Credits
Study of sixteenth-century modal counterpoint as found in the sacred vocal polyphony of such great masters of the period as Palestrina, Victoria, and Lasso. The study will be analytical (study of scores), technical (study of species counterpoint as systematized by Johann Joseph Fux in his famous Latin treatise of 1725, Gradus ad Parnassum), and stylistic (application of your analytical and technical knowledge to the composition of two-, three-, and four-voice pieces in "Counter-Reformation style").
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3.00 Credits
Through this course students will come to understand tonal counterpoint in its essential design and application to a series of model compositions. Students will first analyze melody (and idiomatic bass) lines and their polyphonic interaction, progress incrementally through short two- and three-voice exercises, and study general stylistic aspects of the topical repertory. They will then embark on the analysis and composition of small- to medium-size compositions in two and three voices, drawing from such works as solo (i.e., single-line) instrument movements, minuets (binary dance forms), sonatas for solo instrument and continuo, canons, inventions, rounds and catches, passacaglias, trio sonatas, and fugues.
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3.00 Credits
This is a special topics course. Each edition of the course will be unique and reflective of the professional point of view of the course professor, who is a member of the CCM composition department. For example, the course could be a focused analytical study of a small range of repertoire, including music by the course professor. It could be a broader survey of a particular genre or movement in the world of new music. Equally, it could be a survey of the business environment around the production of new concert and stage music. The choice of course content will be made by balancing the needs of the composition students with the creative and research interests of the faculty. Although upper level undergraduate and graduate composers will participate equally in this course, graduate students will be assigned projects that will require significantly more in-depth research than those assigned to undergraduates.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides intensive training for students to acquire various advanced musicianship skills. Daily exercises include sight-singing, dictation, transposition, clef-reading, keyboard harmonization, figured bass realization, score reading, and rhythmic exercises (single line and two-handed).
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Study of topics not available in the Music Theory curriculum. Independent Study may take any number of forms. For instance, it can be used to allow a student to study material in courses not offered during the course of their time in the graduate program, to deepen his/her study of a particular topic, or to study a topic related to a professor's research and/or expertise. Students enroll with the permission of the instructor.
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2.00 Credits
The score reading class is designed to develop fluency in sight reading in general, and large ensemble sight reading in particular. Emphasis is placed on the ability to recognize pitch and rhythm patterns in a variety of historical and current musical styles, and to be able to translate the original media into a serviceable piano version in real time. The intention is to provide conductors, composers and any other interested musicians with a valuable, practical skill that will be useful in a variety of professional applications and situations. The course begins with the acquisition of all 7 clefs using Renaissance vocal music in 2, 3 and 4 parts. This study also develops the ability to read contrapuntal music. The course continues with the acquisition of transposition skills and culminates in the study and development of large-ensemble score reading at sight.
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2.00 Credits
The score reading class is designed to develop fluency in sight reading in general, and large ensemble sight reading in particular. Emphasis is placed on the ability to recognize pitch and rhythm patterns in a variety of historical and current musical styles, and to be able to translate the original media into a serviceable piano version in real time. The intention is to provide conductors, composers and any other interested musicians with a valuable, practical skill that will be useful in a variety of professional applications and situations. The course begins with the acquisition of all 7 clefs using Renaissance vocal music in 2, 3 and 4 parts. This study also develops the ability to read contrapuntal music. The course continues with the acquisition of transposition skills and culminates in the study and development of large-ensemble score reading at sight.
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2.00 Credits
A one semester course providing practical work in detailed rhythmic exercises and drills combined with Tai Chi and Dalcroze Eurhythmic techniques (use of physical gesture and body movement).
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
The course introduces students to a special music-theoretical topic offered by the faculty member. Through careful reading of extant research on this topic, the student will be required to critique the main ideas within the field and develop an original thesis on any relevant issue.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the current research in the neuroscience and psychology of music. The course will be taught in cooperation with researchers and faculty from the College of Medicine and include detailed lectures on neuroanatomy, brain imaging, scientific research techniques and electrophysiology. These topics form the necessary background for the critical reading of research articles. Our attention will focus on newly published researched and the background of the research inquiries. We will not be concerned with the popular literature on this topic. Graduate students from CCM or the College of Medicine may enroll without prerequisites. CCM undergraduates who show suitable interest and ability will only be admitted with permission of the instructor.
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