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1.00 Credits
Elements of music and the art of educated listening for students with little or no musical training. The class covers works from the major style periods of Western music, as well as some examples from non-Western traditions, both as examples of their genres and as expressions of the societies that produce them. Students attend and review Music Department concerts and also learn basic music reading skills. Open to all students. This course is offered in the fall and spring semester. Credits: 1
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to the various world musical cultures and practices found outside the Western Classical Art tradition. The course gives an overview of music genres, instrumental types and resources, forms, and styles that originate from selected world music traditions in sub-Saharan Africa, Arabic Africa, Middle East, Near East, North America, South/Latin America, and the Caribbean region. Musical practices are studied in terms of structure, performance, aesthetic values, cross-cultural contacts, contextual function, and significance. Coursework includes weekly reading and listening assignments, musical demonstrations, and hands-on experience, as well as the acquisition and development of listening skills. Open to all students. This course is offered in the fall semester. Credits: 1
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0.50 Credits
A class for all students, regardless of background. Previous topics have included the history of jazz, the symphony, music of Duke Ellington, music of J.S. Bach, music of Beethoven, and music and technology. A class for all students, regardless of background. 0.5 Credits
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0.50 Credits
This course introduces students to the fundamental components of the language of music and how to read music. Topics include rhythm, pulse, pitch, meter, notation, the piano keyboard, major scales, major key signatures and intervals. The goals of this course are to provide the student with a sound understanding of written musical notation, along with basic skills that promote further music study, performance, and composition. Music 105 does not count toward the major or minor in music. Open to all students. This course is offered in the first half, fall semester. 0.5 Credits
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5.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of Music 105 and is intended for students who have successfully completed Fundamentals of Music I, or those students who have already mastered the materials and skills covered in Music 105. Topics include minor scales, minor key signatures, other scales and modes, triads, tonality, cadences, chord progressions, melody harmonization, continued keyboard skills and elementary ear-training. Music 106 counts toward the minor, but not the major. This course is offered in the second half, fall semester. Prerequisite: Music 105, or placement exam. 0.5 Credits
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1.00 Credits
This course begins with a review of intervals and triads, followed by an examination of higher-order pitch-related and rhythmic structural aspects of tonal music (consonance and dissonance; functional tonality; meter and tonal rhythm). From this study of functional tonal harmony in both its vertical and broader horizontal aspects, we move on to examine the notion of form in music, including: general melodic characteristics; tonality and harmonic implication in melody; tendency tones; melodic cadences; motives; phrases and periods; structure and embellishment in melody. This course is not offered in 2008-2009. Prerequisite: Music 106 or exam. Credits: 1
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to world-music instrumental cultures with an emphasis on organology. A wide selection of traditional instruments will provide a basis for the study of cultural, scientific, and artistic aspects of instrumental music. Specific cultures are illuminated by the examination of aesthetic principles valued by each tradition, the role of musical instruments in culture, the theory of each tradition, and the visual representation of the instrument as both a sound and an art object. The course culminates in a final project. For this project, students may choose to write a term paper, give a class paper presentation, perform on a traditional instrument, or design and build an instrument by constructing a replica of an existing instrument, modifying a traditional instrument, or creating a totally new musical instrument design. This course is offered in the spring semester. Credits: 1
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1.00 Credits
The rise of Western art music from religious and folk traditions; Gregorian chant and early polyphonic genres; the growth of polyphony in mass, motet, and madrigal; early instrumental music; European genres of the 17th and 18th centuries: opera, oratorio, cantata, concerto, suite, sonata, keyboard music. Some emphasis on the music of J.S. Bach. This course is not offered in 2008-2009. Credits: 1
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1.00 Credits
A study of the evolution of styles and genres from the mid 18th to the early 19th centuries, with a special focus on the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. The course will consider these composers' transformations of musical language in the sonata symphony, concerto, opera, chamber music, and sacred music. This course is offered in the fall semester. Credits: 1
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1.00 Credits
A study of Romanticism and its relation to music, as expressed in absolute music, program music, music drama, and other forms. The course covers major works and significant styles ranging from Schubert to Mahler. This course is offered in the spring semester. Credits: 1
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