MUSC -- School of Music

MUSC 400 Music Pedagogy (3) Pre- or corequisite: MUSC 418 or a more advanced course in applied music. Conference course. A study of major pedagogical treatises in music, and an evaluation of pedagogical techniques, materials, and procedures.

MUSC 405 Stage Combat for Singers (1) One hour of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: MUSC 123 and MUSC 611 or permission of Director of Opera. For MUSC majors only. Stage combat techniques for singers with emphasis on safety and aesthetics.

MUSC 428 Repertoire Coaching of Vocal or Chamber Music (2) Pre- or corequisite: MUSC 328. A course for piano students who wish to go further than the work offered in MUSC 128, MUSC 228, and MUSC 328 by becoming specialists in the areas of vocal coaching or chamber music coaching. Elements of pedagogy, conducting, and responsible artistic decision-making for the entire musical production.

MUSC 429 Opera Theater (2-3) 10 hours of laboratory per week. Open to music and non-music majors with permission of department. Repeatable to 12 credits. Advanced techniques of operatic production; preparation, rehearsal, and performance of operatic works from both the traditional and contemporary repertory.

MUSC 430 American Musical Experience: North America (3) Prerequisite: successful completion of MUSC 210 or MUSC 130. Many musical styles found in North America portray the ideas and beliefs that characterize our diverse society. Specific problems and issues in American society examined through the American musical experience.

MUSC 432 Music in World Cultures I (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 130 or permission of department. Asian musics from Japan to the Arab countries analyzed in terms of musical, social and aesthetic approaches.

MUSC 433 Music in World Cultures II (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 130 or permission of department. Music of the Balkans, Africa, South and North America analyzed in terms of musical, social and aesthetic interrelationships.

MUSC 436 Jazz: Then and Now (3) Major styles and influential artists of the past 75 years of jazz.

MUSC 438 Area Studies in Ethnomusicology (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 432 or MUSC 433 or equivalent. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Advanced study of musics in selected regions of the world.

MUSC 439 Collegium Musicum (1) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 5 credits. Open to undergraduates and graduates, music majors and non-majors. Procurement, edition, and performance of music not belonging to a standard repertory: early music, compositions for unusual performing media, works which demand reconstruction of their original circumstances of performance. Outcome of a semester's work may be one or more performances for the public.

MUSC 443 Solo Vocal Literature (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 330, MUSC 331 or equivalent. The study of solo vocal literature from the Baroque Cantata to the Art Song of the present. The Lied, Melodie, vocal chamber music, and the orchestral song are examined.

MUSC 445 Survey of the Opera (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 330, MUSC 331 or equivalent. A study of the music, librettos and composers of the standard operas.

MUSC 448 Selected Topics in Music (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of department. A maximum of three credits may be applied to music major requirements. 56 semester hours. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

MUSC 450 Musical Form (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 251. A study of the principles of organization in music with emphasis on eighteenth and nineteenth century European music. Reading and analysis of scores exemplifying the musical forms.

MUSC 451 Analysis of Music (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 450 or permission of department. An advanced course in the analysis of tonal music. Discussion of individual works, with emphasis on their unique characteristics and on the relation of analysis to performance.

MUSC 452 Keyboard Harmony (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 251. Keyboard performance of musical score for vocal and instrumental ensembles and keyboard realization of basso continuo parts.

MUSC 453 Class Study of Guitar and Recorder (2) Three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: permission of department. Study and development of instrumental technique, pedagogical practices, and materials relating to group performance.

MUSC 455 Theory of Jazz (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 250 or permission of department. For MUSC majors only. An aural-theoretical examination of melodic and harmonic function in jazz with emphasis on bebop. "Layered" harmonic analysis combined with melodic analysis of solo transcriptions applied to the creation of small group arrangments of "standard" tunes.

MUSC 457 Electronic Music Composition (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 250 and permission of department. Theory and practice of electronic music, electronically-generated sound, and its modulation in the voltage-controlled studio.

MUSC 460 Tonal Counterpoint I (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 251 or permission of department. A course in eighteenth-century contrapuntal techniques, analysis and original composition of two-voice dances, preludes, and inventions.

MUSC 461 Tonal Counterpoint II (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 460. A continuation of MUSC 460. Analysis and original composition of larger works displaying imitation in more than two voices, including the chorale prelude and fugue.

MUSC 467 Piano Pedagogy I (3) A study of major pedagogical treatises in music, and an evaluation of pedagogical techniques, materials, and procedures.

MUSC 468 Piano Pedagogy II (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 467. Repeatable to 6 credits. Application of the studies begun in MUSC 467 to the actual lesson situation. Evaluation of results.

MUSC 470 Harmonic and Contrapuntal Practices of the Twentieth Century (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 251 or equivalent. A theoretical and analytical study of twentieth century materials.

MUSC 471 Contemporary Compositional Techniques (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 470 or permission of department. Continuation of MUSC 470, with emphasis on the analysis of individual works written since 1945.

MUSC 480 Music in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (3) Survey of western music from Hellenic times to 1450.

MUSC 481 Music in the Renaissance (3) Survey of western music from 1450 to 1600.

MUSC 482 Music in the Baroque Era (3) Survey of western music from 1600 to 1750.

MUSC 483 Music in the Classic Era (3) Survey of western music from 1750 to 1820.

MUSC 484 Music in the Romantic Era (3) Survey of western music from 1820 to 1900.

MUSC 485 Music in the 20th Century (3) Survey of western music from 1900 to the present.

MUSC 486 Orchestration I (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 251. A study of the ranges, musical functions and technical characteristics of the instruments and their color possibilities in various combinations. Practical experience in orchestrating for small and large ensembles.

MUSC 490 Conducting (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 251. Vocal and instrumental baton techniques.

MUSC 491 Conducting II (2) Prerequisite: MUSC 490 or equivalent. Baton techniques applied to score reading, rehearsal techniques, tone production, style and interpretation.

MUSC 492 Keyboard Music I (3) The history and literature of harpsichord and solo piano music from its beginning to the romantic period. Emphasis is placed on those segments of repertory which are encountered in performance and teaching situations at the present time.

MUSC 493 Keyboard Music II (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 492. The history and literature of harpsichord and solo piano music from the Romantic period to the present. Emphasis is placed on those segments of repertory which are encountered in performance and teaching situations at the present time.

MUSC 494 Survey of Theory (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 251. A study of the major contributions of music theorists from Greek antiquity through the twentieth century.

MUSC 499 Independent Studies (2-3) Prerequisite: permission of department. May be repeated once for credit. Independent research on a topic chosen in consultation with the instructor, which may culminate in a paper or appropriate project.

MUSC 601 Advanced English Lyric Diction (1) Prerequisite: admission to graduate voice program or permission of instructor. For music majors only. Concepts, strategies and techniques for singing operatic, oratorio and song literature in English: stress patterns, linkage, stressed and non stressed vowels, dipthongs, placement of consonants and vowels, and communication of text with emphasis on current performance practices. Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) will be stressed.

MUSC 602 Advanced Italian Lyric Diction (1) Prerequisite: admission to graduate voice program or permission of instructor. For music majors only. Concepts, strategies and techniques for singing operatic and song literature in Italian: syllabification, vowels, stressed and unstressed syllables, dipthongs, glides and elisions, single and double consonants with emphasis on current performance practices.

MUSC 603 Advanced German Lyric Diction (1) Prerequisite: admission to graduate voice program or permission of instructor. For music majors only. Concepts, strategies and techniques for singing operatic and song literature in German: single and double consonants, the use of the glottal, the German closed (e) and (o) vowels, the "schwa" and consonant clusters. Mastery of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as it applies to "Hochdeutsch" will be expected.

MUSC 604 Advanced French Lyric Diction (1) Prerequisite: admission to graduate voice program or permission of instructor. For music majors only. Concepts, strategies and techniques for singing operatic and song literature in French: phoneticization, formation and singing of the vowel-sounds, semi-consonants, and consonants; the liaison; legato singing in French; the hiatus, mute and aspirate 'h'; stress and word rhythm. Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) will be stressed.

MUSC 605 Opera Repertory I (1) One hour of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: MUSC 602 or permission of instructor. For MUSC majors only. Advanced vocal coaching of selections from the Italian, French, German, and English opera repertory: musical accuracy; language facility; diction clarity; and dramatic interpretation.

MUSC 606 Opera Repertory II (1) One hour of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: MUSC 605 or permission of instructor. For MUSC majors only. Continuation of MUSC 605. Advanced vocal coaching of selections from the Italian, French, German and English opera repertory: musical accuracy, language facility; diction clarity; and dramatic interpretation.

MUSC 608 Chamber Music Repertory (1-3) May be repeated for credit to the maximum credit designated in the student's major degree program. Prerequisite: graduate standing as a major in performance. A study, through performance, of diversified chamber music for standard media.

MUSC 611 Opera Techniques I (3) Two hours of lecture, five hours of laboratory, and two hours of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisite: permission of director of opera. Corequisite: MUSC 601. For MUSC majors only. Techniques for opera performance: Improvisation; Acting I, Scene Study I; and Movement I. Practical application of styles and techniques to operatic repertoire.

MUSC 612 Opera Techniques II (3) Two hours of lecture, five hours of laboratory, and two hours of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisites: MUSC 611 with a grade of B or better and permission of Director of Opera. Corequisite: MUSC 602. For MUSC majors only. Continuation of MUSC 611. Techniques for opera performance: Scene Study II; Movement II; and Mask.

MUSC 613 Opera Techniques III (3) One hour of lecture, four hours of laboratory, and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisites: MUSC 612 with a grade of B or better and permission of Director of Opera. Corequisites: MUSC 603 and MUSC 605. For MUSC majors only. Continuation of MUSC 612. Techniques for opera performance: Scene Study III; Movement III; and Shakespeare.

MUSC 614 Opera Techniques IV (3) Two hours of lecture, five hours of laboratory, and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisites: MUSC 613 with a grade of B or better and permission of Director of Opera. Corequisites: MUSC 604 and MUSC 606. For MUSC majors only. Continuation of MUSC 613. Techniques for opera performance: Scene Study IV and Movement IV.

MUSC 621 Documents of Theory and Aesthetics: Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance (3) Writings about music in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.

MUSC 622 Documents of Theory and Aesthetics: Baroque (3) Writings about western music from 1600 to 1750.

MUSC 623 Documents of Theory and Aesthetics: Classic (3) Writings about western music from 1750 to 1820.

MUSC 624 Documents of Theory and Aesthetics: Romantic (3) Writings about western music from 1820 to 1900.

MUSC 625 Documents of Theory and Aesthetics: 20th Century (3) Writings about western music from 1900 to the present.

MUSC 635 American Music (3) Prerequisite: permission of department. A survey of American art music from Colonial times to present.

MUSC 639 Seminar in Music (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 330 and MUSC 331 and permission of instructor. Repeatable if content differs. The work of one major composer (Bach, Beethoven, etc.) will be studied.

MUSC 640 Performance Practice I (3) Problems in the performance of music lying primarily outside the standard repertory. Mainly for performance majors.

MUSC 641 Performance Practice II (3) Problems in the performance of music lying primarily outside the standard repertory. Mainly for performance majors. Continuation of MUSC 640.

MUSC 642 Early Music Notation (3) Aspects of notation in music before 1600; transcription into modern notation.

MUSC 643 Seminar in Solo Vocal Literature I (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 444 or equivalent. An intensive study of solo vocal literature from its origin to the present.

MUSC 644 Seminar in Solo Vocal Literature II (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 643 or equivalent. A continuation of MUSC 643 with an emphasis on areas of individual interest.

MUSC 645 Seminar in Vocal Pedagogy (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 400 or equivalent. A study of the physiological, psychological and acoustical aspects of the teaching of singing combined with independent study and research in areas of individual interest.

MUSC 648 Seminar in Music Research (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 331 and graduate standing. An introduction to graduate study in the history and literature of music. Bibliography and methodology of systematic and historical musicology.

MUSC 650 The Contemporary Idiom (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 470 or permission of department. Analysis of various works of the twentieth century.

MUSC 651 The Theories of Heinrich Schenker (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 450 or permission of department. The analytical methods of Heinrich Schenker with application of those theories to musical literature from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods.

MUSC 658 Seminar in Advanced Analysis (3) Prerequisites: {MUSC 451; and MUSC 471 and MUSC 651} or permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Individual analytical projects including computer music, non-western music and advanced Schenkerian analysis. Readings regarding form, structure and analytical methods.

MUSC 662 Advanced Modal Counterpoint (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 461 or permission of department. Composition of music in the style of the Renaissance. Analysis of the music of such composers as Ockeghem, Dufay, Josquin, Palestrina.

MUSC 670 Advanced Analytical Techniques I (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 451 or permission of department. Analysis of representative masterpieces of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

MUSC 671 Advanced Analytical Techniques II (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 451 or permission of department. Analysis of representative masterpieces of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

MUSC 675 Music Theory Pedagogy (3) Analysis of introductory level music theory courses, evaluation of text materials, and teaching approaches for music fundamentals, aural training, and basic undergraduate theory programs.

MUSC 678 Seminar in Musical Composition (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 479 or equivalent; and graduate standing. An advanced course in musical composition. May be repeated for credit.

MUSC 679 Seminar in Ethnomusicology (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 434 and MUSC 435. Selected problems in Ethnomusicology. Independent research in such topics as transcription, analysis, and taxonomy.

MUSC 680 Seminar in Music of Antiquity and the Middle Ages (3) Research topics in music from antiquity to 1450.

MUSC 681 Seminar in Music of the Renaissance (3) Seminar in music of the Renaissance. Research topics in music from 1450 to 1600.

MUSC 682 Seminar in Music of the Baroque Era (3) Seminar in music of the Baroque era. Research topics in music from 1600 to 1750.

MUSC 683 Seminar in Music of the Classic Era (3) Seminar in music of the Classic era. Research topics in music from 1750 to 1820.

MUSC 684 Seminar in Music of the Romantic Era (3) Seminar in music of the Romantic era. Research topics in music from 1820 to 1900.

MUSC 685 Seminar in Music of the 20th Century (3) Seminar in music of the twentieth century. Research topics in music from 1900 to the present.

MUSC 688 Advanced Orchestration (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 487 or equivalent, and graduate standing. May be repeated for credit. Orchestration projects in the styles of Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bartok, and others.

MUSC 689 Advanced Conducting (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 491 or equivalent. May be repeated for credit. A concentrated study of the conducting techniques involved in the repertoire of all historical periods.

MUSC 699 Selected Topics in Music (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of department. A maximum of three credits may be applied to degree requirements. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

MUSC 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6)

MUSC 800 Advanced Seminar in Music Pedagogy (3) Prerequisites: MUSC 400 or equivalent, doctoral standing and permission of instructor. A detailed study of historical and contemporary methods of pedagogy, and analysis of pedagogical problems. Sectioning by instrument. Required of all candidates for the D.M.A. Degree in performance and literature.

MUSC 801 Advanced Seminar in Music Pedagogy (3) Prerequisites: MUSC 400 or equivalent, doctoral standing and permission of instructor. A detailed study of historical and contemporary methods of pedagogy, and analysis of pedagogical problems. Sectioning by instrument. Required of all candidates for the D.M.A. Degree in performance and literature.

MUSC 830 Doctoral Seminar in Music Literature (3) Prerequisite: at least twelve hours in music history and literature. An analytical survey of the literature of music: keyboard music; vocal music; string music; wind instrument music; required of all candidates for the D.M.A. Degree in literature-performance.

MUSC 831 Doctoral Seminar in Music Literature (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 830 or permission of instructor. An analytical survey of the literature of music: keyboard music; vocal music; string music; wind instrument music. Required of all candidates for the D.M.A. Degree in literature-performance.

MUSC 878 Advanced Composition (3) Prerequisite: MUSC 678 or equivalent, and permission of instructor. Repeatable for credit. Conference course in composition in the larger forms.

MUSC 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8)