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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of studies initiated in A Mus 320 or 321. Credit does not apply toward departmental programs in composition or music technology. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits. Only one of A Mus 322 or 420 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s): A Mus 321 and permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Covers the same material as A Mus 223 but on a more advance level. In addition to course work required in A Mus 223, students engage in musical analysis, additional readings in musicology, and complete a more extensive final paper. Only one of A Mus 223 and A Mus 323 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
An integrated approach to the history, theories, and aesthetics of electronic music, sound, and radiophonic art and multi-media, including basic acoustics, compositional techniques, and sensitive listening skills. This course is a prerequisite for A Mus 426.
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3.00 Credits
The course will provide students with practical experience employing music notation software in basic musical applications such as notation, sound design and audio editing. Students will be expected to become familiar with the MIDI studio and with four software packages: Finale, Nightingale, Overture, Digital Performer and Sound Tools. Enrollment will be limited to twelve students per term in order to give students ample opportunity to work in the music technology lab. Only one of A Mus 227, A Mus 327 and the former A Mus 254 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s):A Mus 245.
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3.00 Credits
This course will trace the evolution of the musical genre called jazz fusion, which covers the same material as A Mus 229 but on a more advanced level. In addition to course work required in A Mus 229, students engage in musical analysis, additional readings in musicology, and complete a more extensive final paper. Only one of A Mus 229 and A Mus 329 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
A historical survey of American music, from its roots in the early 17th century to contemporary times. Only one of A Mus 214 and 334 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s): A Mus 100.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the reciprocal relationship between "high" and "popular" culture during the past hundred years. Twentieth-century art music topics such as atonality, nationalism and minimalism will be considered in conjunction with vernacular genres such as folk music and Tin Pan Alley. The effects of mass-mediation and technology on aesthetics and perception will be explored through writings by composers, critics and sound artists as well as assigned listening. Additional topics include the culture industry, modernism, the experimental tradition, and the music appreciation movement. Class format is based on lectures, discussion, oral presentations and independent writing projects. Prerequisite(s): A Mus 100 or permission of instruc
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine portrayals of gender, race and class across a wide range of musical media, including film, opera, theater and song. Through a series of theoretical readings and listening/viewing assignments, we will investigate historical and contemporary issues concerning self-representation and the representation of others. Who has the right to speak, and for whom? How can music convey ideas about identity? The many ways music communicates meaning will be exploredthrough lectures, discussion, small-group presentations, and independent writing projects. Prerequisite(s): AMUS100 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the forms and conventions of musical dramas. Selected works from its Florentine beginning through the 20th century. Video presentations and live performances will be arranged when possible. Only one of A Mus 208 and 338 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s): A Mus 100.
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4.00 Credits
Basic Chromatic Harmony: secondary chords, modulation and basic form from the harmonic standpoint, mode mixture chords, and an introduction to fugal analysis. Ear-training and sight-singing work coordinated with written and analytical work.
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