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Focusing on the musical and artistic vitality of a city that has fascinated visitors for centuries, this course features two composers - Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi - whose lives and worksstraddle opposite ends of the Baroque period. We examine four works - two each by Monteverdi and Vivaldi. In support of their study of musical literature, students view works of art from Renaissance Italy and undertake readings about the special role of Venice in medieval and Renaissance Europe. The course includes a 10-day travel option at the end of the semester for students who want to visit Venice. Prerequisite: Music 100/101, 200/201, or permission of the instructor. Also offered through European Studies.
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This course investigates the development and influence of selected music cultures within the life of the city, including American art music of the 19th century, New Orleans jazz (ca. 1900-1917) and New Orleans rhythm and blues (ca. 1947-65). Particular attention is given to the music and milieu of Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) and Louis Armstrong (1900-1971), and to the system of recording and promotion that gave rise to a thriving rock and roll industry in New Orleans. This course includes an option to spend six days in New Orleans at the conclusion of the semester. Prerequisite: Music 100/101, 200/201, or 210. Also offered through U.S. Cultural and Ethnic Studies.
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4.00 Credits
South Asia is the subcontinent that lies south of the Himalayas and includes India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. There are also substantial South Asian populations elsewhere. Topics for study include devotional song, Bollywood film music, urban Nepali drumming, and electronic music in New York and London. The course begins with a grounding in the classical music traditions of India, moves on to explore selected musical practices around South Asia, and finishes with a consideration of music's place in the South Asian diaspora.
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4.00 Credits
Satisfying performances are the product of a thorough understanding of one's music and a series of effective practice sessions. Our concentration is on analysis, the rehearsal process and preparing to meet an audience. A weekly, individual lesson will focus on the skills appropriate to your instrument or voice.
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4.00 Credits
The direction of this course is determined largely by the unique combination of students who participate. Students form groups of two or three to work on a collaborative project of their own design reflecting their collective interests. For example, a pair of students may create a multimedia work that draws connections between image and sound. Class sessions feature group critiques of works in progress, study of example works, discussions of relevant aesthetic issues, drawing connections across media and strategies for collaborative work. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Also offered as Fine Arts 270 and Performance and Communication Arts 270.
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4.00 Credits
Music television created new ways of visualizing music, new ways of seeing sound, which have in turn influenced the ways filmmakers use sounds and images in feature and documentary films. In this course, we look at the rise of music video in the 1980s, its predecessors and its influences. While we focus primarily on the history and criticism of music video, the course also includes a substantial production component which includes creating and editing sound and video files. Also offered as Film Studies 281.
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4.00 Credits
This course is for students who have completed Music 200 or 201 and wish to continue their study of music analysis. It focuses on the study of musical events such as harmony, melody, rhythm, texture and form in order to develop skills in understanding, analyzing, composing and listening to music. We study harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, textural and formal choices various composers have made and the ways those choices affect how music is perceived. Prerequisite: Music 200/201.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the developments in Western vocal and instrumental art music during the years 1750 through 1825, with particular emphasis on the life and artistic contributions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The course seeks to establish ties between contemporary European society and the art it cultivated. Prerequisite: Music 200/201. Also offered through European Studies.
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4.00 Credits
It was quite possible for a woman musician to "make it" in 19thcenturyEurope. Clara Schumann achieved and sustained such a success for her entire professional life. By studying the lives and artistic accomplishments of "priestess of the piano" ClaraSchumann (1819-1896) and her husband, the deeply imaginative composer Robert Schumann, we seek to understand Romantic music of the Western cultivated tradition. The course will feature works by both the Schumanns - piano compositions, songs and chamber works - and by others of their time. Prerequisite: Music 200/201. Also offered through European Studies.
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4.00 Credits
This course covers music that has been considered to be experimental, radical or transgressive in classical music, jazz and rock. Through surveying European and American perspectives on the relations between the arts and society in the 19th and 20th centuries, we work toward understanding the ideologies that have motivated musicians to locate their styles and practices outside of an imagined mainstream. In studying influential musical works from the last two centuries, we seek to clarify how musicians have put their ideologies into musical practice. Prerequisite: Music 200/201.
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