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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This music theory course is a study of the rudiments of music and basic principles of harmony. Topics include rhythm, musical notation, scales, key signatures, intervals, triads, seventh chords, harmonic function, harmonic progression, and elementary counterpoint. Activities include simple composition, harmonization, keyboard exercises, and eartraining drills. Prerequisite: MSC 1003 or 1005.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course extends the study of harmony to encompass harmonic progressions between triads on all scale degrees and techniques of modulation to the dominant or relative major. Studies in counterpoint extend to second, third, and fourth species. Activities include composition and harmo - nization of melodies, realization of figured bass, part-writing, keyboard exercises, and ear-training drills. Prerequisite: MSC 3026.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Survey of modes of production and literature of electronic music. Basic acoustical theory. Study of studio equipment, synthesizers, amplified instruments, computers. History of electronic music. Listening examples from electronic liter - ature including serious composition, jazz, rock, theatre, movie, and commercial use. Prerequisite: MSC 1003 or 1005.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits An investigation of scoring for films as art form and compositional process. The film composer's techniques of correlating music, movements, and mood will be studied in scores ranging from early music by Charlie Chaplin to modern film music by Miklos Rozsa, Jerry Goldsmith, Quincy Jones, and others. Music for diverse genres, including the drama, documentary, comedy, and foreign film, will also be considered. Discussions will be illustrated with visual examples and recordings. Prerequisite: MSC 1003 or 1005.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits A study of music utilized in the television, radio, corporate, and industrial markets, emphasizing the connection between compositional procedures and commercial objectives. The aesthetics of commercial/functional music written or used to advertise a product or convey a message will be considered. The techniques of the composer in correlating music with text and dramatic gesture will be explored and appropriate criteria will be determined for music used in commercials, documentaries, corporate promotional releases, and industrial settings. Prerequisite: MSC 1003 or 1005.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Historical study of music, musical thought, and practice in Western civilization. The course includes detailed consideration of the development of vocal and instrumental music within sacred and secular traditions in the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. Musical style is emphasized in relation to social and cultural history. Prerequisite: MSC 1003 or 1005.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Historical study of music, musical thought, and practice in Western civilization from the mid-18th century to the 20th century. The course includes consideration of sonata, symphony, concerto, opera, and song, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries. It emphasizes stylistic examination of early Classicism, Classicism, and Romanticism in relation to social and cultural history. The course considers the work of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg, among others. Prerequisite: MSC 1003 or 1005.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course considers music in its interaction with social, technological, economic, and commercial factors. Extra - musical organizations-court, religious institution, private commission, publishing house, foundation-as well as biographical data such as the living and employment conditions of composers are studied for their impact on the musical work in the past and present. Works representing a wide range of styles will be studied in connection with their immediate social environments. Term projects will strengthen skills in research and analysis through the preparation of a major research paper and offer opportunities to enhance intensive communication capabilities through the presentation of written and oral reports. Prerequisites: MSC 1003 or 1005, plus a minimum of two courses in music at the 3000 level.
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3.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
Minimum of 10 field hours per week; 3 credits each course The internships provide students with an in-depth experi - ence of the music management profession. Interns spend at least 10 hours per week in an organization, working under the supervision of one or more senior managers in the firm. The student performs work tasks related to one or more aspects of music management, including marketing, fundraising, and music programming. The student also meets with the faculty internship coordinator and with other interns throughout the semester. Written reports related to the work experience are required. Internships may be with commercial organizations, such as booking agencies, record companies, or radio stations, or may be with not-for-profit organizations, such as symphony orchestras or music service organizations. (Students may enroll two times for credit. See also FPA 5070-5071.) Prerequisite: Departmental permission.
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