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3.00 Credits
HU D.Kasunic A survey of the European musical tradition from the middle ages to modern times. Students will hear music by Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Stravinsky, Glass, among many others, developing both listening skills and an awareness of how music relates to the culture that fosters it. In addition to listening and reading, students will attend concerts and prepare written assignments.
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3.00 Credits
HU (Cross-listed in Writing Program) R.Freedman An exploration of Beethoven's life and works, considered in the context of changing aesthetic and cultural values of the last two centuries. Students will listen to Beethoven's music, study some of his letters and conversation books, and read some of the many responses his art has engendered. In their written responses to all of this material, students will think about Beethoven's music and artistic personality as well as about the ideas and assumptions that have guided the critical reception of art and life. They will learn to cultivate their skills as readers and listeners while improving their craft as writers. (Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.)
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3.00 Credits
HU R.Freedman Music of the 12th through 16th centuries, emphasizing changing approaches to composition, notation, and expression in works by composers such as Hildegard von Bingen, Guillaume de Machaut, Josquin Desprez, and Orlando di Lasso, among many others. Classroom assignments will consider basic problems raised by the study of early music: questions of style and structure, debates about performance practice, and issues of cultural history. Extensive reading and listening culminating in individual research or performance projects. Prerequisite: Music 110 or 111 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
HU R.Freedman Music of the 17th and 18th centuries, with focus on central developments of opera, sacred music, and instrumental genres. Through careful study of works by Monteverdi, Lully, Corelli, Handel, Rameau, and Bach, students will explore changing approaches to musical style and design, basic problems of performance practice, and how musicologists have sought to understand the place of music in cultural history. Prerequisite: Music 110 or 111 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
HU R.Freedman The music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, among many others. Classroom assignments will lead students to explore the origins and development of vocal and instrumental music of the years around 1800, and to consider the ways in which musicologists have approached the study of this repertory. Prerequisite: Music 110 or 111 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
HU R.Freedman Music by Chopin, Schumann, Verdi, Wagner, Brahms, and Mahler, among others, with special focus on changing approaches to style of expression, and to the aesthetic principles such works articulate. Assignments will allow students to explore individual vocal and instrumental works, and will give students a sense of some of the perspectives to be found in the musicological literature on 19th century music. Prerequisite: Music 110 or 111, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature) R.Freedman An introduction to music and film, with special attention to works from the 1930's through the 1950's by composers such as Auric, Copland, Eisler, Herrmann, Korngold, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Steiner, Tiomkin and Waxman. Close study of orchestration, harmony and thematic process as they contribute to cinematic narrative and form. Source readings to include artistic positions staked out by film composers themselves, as well as critical and scholarly essays by leading writers on the narrative possibilities of film music. Prerequisite: Music 203 or equivalent knowledge of music theory.
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3.00 Credits
HU I.Arauco,C.Cacioppo,H.Jacob,D.Kasunic,T.Lloyd
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2.00 Credits
HU T.Lloyd Chorale is a large mixed chorus that performs major works from the oratorio repertoire with orchestra. Attendance at weekly two-hour rehearsals and dress rehearsals during performance week is required. Prerequisite: Audition and consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
HU C.Cacioppo Music 107 is an introduction to music and the art of playing the piano. The course consists of a weekly hour long session on Tuesday evenings (lecture, directed listening, or playing workshop) plus an individual lesson of 20 minutes at an arranged time. A short paper on the listening assignments is required, as is playing on the class recital at the end of the term (these together will comprise the final exam). Enrollment limited to 16 students (5 spaces for majors/minors).
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