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3.00 Credits
The objective of this course is to explore the relationship between listening, sound and music across different cultures and in different historical moments and contexts. This will be explored through recent histories of listening, through anthropological work on hearing and sound in different cultures and through the field of acoustic ecology. The course will seek to compare these three scholarly perspectives and their contributions to a historical and contextual understanding of listening practices. - A. M. Ochoa 3 points
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the new jazz that emerged shortly after the middle of the 20th century. The seminar will include the work of musicians such as Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Anthony Braxton, Carla Cley, Albert Ayler, and the Arts Ensemble of Chicago; the economics and politics of the period; parallel developments in other arts; the rise of new performance spaces, recording companies, and collectives; and the accomplishments of the music and the problems it raised for jazz performance and criticism. - J. Szwed Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An historical overview of the nature of sound and the technologies of its transmission, modification, and recording; the social and artistic consequences of recording, including questions of originality and ownership. Topics may include the art of noise; the soundscape; field recording; and audio-terrorism. - J. Szwed Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Graduate students and seniors given priority.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of instrumentation, with directional emphasis on usage, ranges, playing techniques, tone colors, characteristics, interactions and tendencies, all derived from the classic orchestral repertoire. Topics will include theoretical writings on the classical repertory as well as 20th century instrumentation and its advancement. Additional sessions with live orchestral demonstrations are included as part of the course. - J. Milarsky Prerequisites: Extensive musical background; open to both graduate and advanced music major undergraduate students. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
The study of "functional" orchestration in works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Students will analyze scores by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Mahler, and other, and will write exercises in the style of these composers. - F. Levy Prerequisites: MUSI W4525 (Instrumentation), or instructor's permission. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Historiographical issues surrounding the performance of jazz and improvised musics after 1960. Topics include genre and canon formation, gender, race, and cultural nationalisms, economics and infrastructure, debates around art and the vernacular, globalization, and media reception. Reading knowledge of music is not required. Prerequisites: HUMA W1123 or the equivalent. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
x: A survey of the development of Western music from 6th-century Gregorian Chant to Bach and Handel, with emphasis upon important composers and forms. Extensive listening required. y: A survey of the development of Western music from the first Viennese Classical school at the end of the 18th century to the present, with emphasis upon composers and forms. Extensive listening required. - G. Archer Prerequisites: No previous knowledge of music is required. General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART). 3 points
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1.00 Credits
Entrance by audition only. Call Barnard College, Department of Music during registration for time and place of audition (854-5096). 1 point
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4.00 Credits
Discussion and conferences on a research project culminate in a written and oral senior thesis. Each project must be supervised by a scientist working at Barnard or at another local institution. Successful completion of the seminar substitutes for the major examination. - R. Silver, R. Romeo Prerequisites: Open to senior Neuroscience and Behavior majors who submit a research proposal which has been approved by the course instructor and the project supervisor. Permission of the instructor. This is a year-long course. 4 points
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the dimensions of wellness. Class format will consist of discussion and limited physical activity. Presentations by health and wellness specialists within the Barnard community will be an integral part of the class.
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