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  • 3.00 Credits

    The study of concepts methods and materials pertinent to the teaching of woodwind instrument performance. Includes techniques applicable to all levels discussed in relationship to exercises, etudes and solo and ensemble repertoire for the woodwind instrument family. Prerequisites: Completion of 200 level and concurrent enrolment in 300 level of applied woodwind instrument study.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A beginning exploration of the ethnic, geographic and social contexts of world music. Incorporating a wide variety of folk and art music of Eastern, Middle Eastern, African and Aboriginal cultures, this course of study will teach students the differing cultural approaches to the essential structural elements of music. Open to all students. Three hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Beginning studies in music literature focusing on elements of critical listening, of style analysis and of elementary form studies. Working with these elements, the students will survey literature emphasizing the steps in the development of mainstream musical styles. Starting with Gregorian chant, students will proceed through to modern and postmodern cultures. This course is prerequisite for all MUL courses to follow. Music majors and minors or permission of instructor only. Three hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Application of studies done in MUL103. Beginning with medieval monophonic music and continuing through to the end of the careers of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel, this course emphasizes the study of specific composers and works. The growth of polyphonic styles, the developments in early opera, oratorio, and cantata, the rise of such important instrumental genres as the sonata and the concerto, along with the invention of keyboard composition comprise the literature. The study of the lives of those composers whose output during these eras was critical to the growth of musical styles is also important to this course. Skills in formal analysis, critical listening and style recognition will also be emphasized. Prerequisite: MUL103. Three hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An exploration of solo keyboard literature from Scarlatti through C.P.E. Bach. Students will gain an understanding of keyboard literature of the baroque era through aural and theoretical analysis, as well as hands-on application. Prerequisite: piano proficiency exam passed, or permission of instructor. Two hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Building on Piano Literature I, this course explores keyboard literature through the classical era, beginning with Mozart and continuing through Beethoven. Aural, theoretical, and hands-on work with the pieces are integrated into the class. Prerequisite: MUL281 or permission of instructor. Two hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Continuation of studies begun in MUL203, beginning with the music of the sons of J.S. Bach and going through Viennese classicism and concluding with the more recent modern literature and techniques. Included in this course will be the continuing study of important genres passing through such romantic genres as opera, symphonic poem, plus important solo vocal repertory. Music studies in the 20th century will include, but will not be limited to, biographical studies of such seminal composers as Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bartók, and Webern. In addition to the techniques of composition found in the works of these composers, other techniques such as minimalism, popularism, and electronic experimentalism will be studied as well. Further emphasis in formal studies is included. Additional studies in analysis, critical listening, and style recognition will be emphasized during this course. Prerequisite: MUL203. Three hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Music of the Baroque Era is a survey of music and musicians between the years c. 1590 to the death of J. S. Bach in 1750. This study covers the developments and advances in early opera, oratorio, and cantata to the monumental works of J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel. Included as part of this course of study are such topics as the rise of such instrumental genres as the sonata and the concerto, the impact of the fugue, the invention of pianoforte and the elevation of the pipe organ to the master keyboard instrument of the period. There is also the continuing investigation into the lives of Monteverdi, Marini, Schütz, Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, and J. S. Bach and others whose compositions during these years was critical to the growth of these important musical genres. Skills in formal analysis, critical listening, and style recognition will be stressed throughout this course. Prerequisite: MUL 303, junior standing, or permission of instructor. Three hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An exploration of the birth and development of the classical style in music. By looking into the beginnings of musical classicism within the second quarter of the 18th century, this course will show how composers in the pre-classical era experimented to create new forms, genres, and media that led to the exquisite contributions of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. Symphonic, chamber, keyboard, choral, and operatic works will be studies from historical and analytical points of view. Surrounded by the explosive events of both the French and the American revolution, the works of classical composers were influenced by many cultural and sociological issues, which will also be studied. This era is also called the Age of Enlightenment, the ideas of which were heavily influential upon such minds as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, as well as upon such artists and writers as Rameau, Handel, Rousseau, Quantz, C.P.E. Bach, Gluck, Kant and Burney. Documents written by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven will be discussed along with their musical works. Skills in formal analysis, critical listening and style recognition will be stressed throughout this course. Prerequisite: MUL 303, junior standing, or permission of instructor. Three hours.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An exploration of keyboard literature of the romantic era, from Schubert to Rachmaninoff. Prerequisite: MUL282 or permission of instructor. Two hours.
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