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2.00 Credits
Words and Music offers a brief exploration of the relationship between words and music in text settings, tone poems, operas and other musical genres. We will begin by analyzing music from the Baroque era with an emphasis on Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. From there we will trace the evolution of the relationship between text and music through to the 20th century with an emphasis on how each has influenced the development of the other.
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1.00 Credits
Owners of personal computers may have overlooked the potential of these machines as unique, non-imitative musical instruments. This course combines an historical overview of electronic music with a workshop environment for creative exploration. Participants will study the history of electronic music, then use freeware and low cost shareware for recording, editing, altering, and layering sounds to create personal, idiomatic (non-pop) works of sound art. Computers are available; participants are welcome to bring a laptop computer if they prefer.
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2.00 Credits
For many people, a first introduction to “classical” music came from watching cartoons. This course seeks to re-trace this influence by exploring the use of musical works in classic cartoons by Warner Brothers and Disney. The course is intended to introduce, and ideally foster an appreciation for some of the great pieces within the classical Western musical canon. We will take a more in-depth look at musical works to see how they are used (or spoofed!)in classic cartoons.
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1.00 Credits
This course will consider music that blurs the line between idioms, combining influences from classical music, jazz, rock, pop, electronica and world music. We will focus on major 20th and 21st century musicians, from Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein and the Beatles to Björk, the Kronos Quartet and The Bad Plus. Through readings, short assignments, listening and discussion, the class will explore the elusive boundaries between genres, particularly the divide between classical and popular music.
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1.00 Credits
American Music Since 1950 is a survey course of art music in the United States from 1950-2010. Through the examination of major works and their composers, the course will move through Modernism, Experimentalism, Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, and Neoromanticism in an effort to discover what American contemporary music is. NOTES: The field trip is optional. Mobtown Modern (a Baltimore-based contemporary music ensemble) will be performing one of the landmarks of American music since 1950 (Philip Glass' 'Glassworks'), which we will be studying in class.
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3.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
A study of contrapuntal music, emphasizing composition in both the sixteenth- and eighteenth-century styles as epitomized by Palestrina and Bach.
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn aural strategies to focus their listening, as well as vocabulary, cultural and historical context for music of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th century periods. Composers studied will include Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky.
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3.00 Credits
In this class we will explore the repertoire, history, and current scholarship of Western European music in the period ca. 1380-1600. Topics will include compositional history, patronage, the dissemination of music, reception, performance practice, and authenticity. Class time will involve a moderate amount of lecturing, in addition to class discussion, musical analysis, and listening.
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