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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A critical examination of the intimate relation between blues and rock; their roots in African, African-American, and Anglo-American traditions; the sociopolitical implications of the roles played by each in American life; and the function of both as forms of ironic social commentary and protest.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of women composers in Western art music, with a special emphasis on contemporary composers. This survey will include such important figures as Ruth Crawford, Ellen Taafe Zwilich, and Tania Leon.
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4.00 Credits
The course covers principles of chromatic harmony and voice-leading, as well as advanced formal structures, with an emphasis on analysis and stylistically appropriate composition. The course includes an ear-training lab that features sight-singing, rhythmic performance, and melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation. Prerequisite: MUS 161
Prerequisite:
MUS161
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3.00 Credits
Using an array of MIDI-compatible keyboards, instruments, and computers, the course focuses on digitally generated sound and timbres, computer-assisted sound production, and multi-tracked recording techniques. Where appropriate, emphasis is placed on applications to film, theatre, dance, and other arts. Additional Fee(s): Course Computing Fee.
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3.00 Credits
The course is a composition-focused introduction to computer music resources. Basic principles of digital audio and acoustics/psychoacoustics, as well as the history of electroacoustic and computer music, are introduced. A range of software applications are used for recording, editing, sequencing, synthesis, and processing. Discussion of compositon strategies and aesthetic issues guide the use of such techniques in creative projects.
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on the music and related arts of selected major civilizations of the world, including India, China, and Japan as well as areas such as Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa. Emphasis is placed on the factors resulting in art that is sometimes quite different from Western music.
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3.00 Credits
These courses examine the growth and development of music as an art, music as a part of the whole of civilization, and representative works of all periods leading to an understanding of music itself.
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3.00 Credits
These courses examine the growth and development of music as an art, music as a part of the whole of civilization, and representative works of all periods leading to an understanding of music itself.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the intersection of music and nature in musical thought and practice. Students will explore readings from a variety of historical periods to understand the variety of ways in which the relationship between music and nature has been conceived. Particular emphasis will be placed on Early Modern thought as well as living composers such as David Dunn, Annea Lockwood, John Luther Adams, Alvin Curran, Christopher Shultis, and other sonic ecologists who incorporate sounds from the natural environment into their work.
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4.00 Credits
The course examines the elements of 18th-century tonal counterpoint. The principles of tonal harmony are applied in combination with various contrapuntal techniques, and contrapuntal forms of the Baroque period are analyzed. The composition of small forms is included. Prerequisite(s): MUS 252 or equivalent.
Prerequisite:
MUS252
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