Graduate Courses for Music (MUSC)
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MUSC 400 Music Pedagogy (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSP315; and permission of department.
Conference course. A study of major pedagogical treatises in music, and
an evaluation of pedagogical techniques, materials, and procedures.
MUSC 428 Repertoire Coaching of Vocal or Chamber Music (2 credits)
Pre- or corequisite: MUSC328.
A course for piano students who wish to go further than the work
offered in MUSC128, MUSC228 and MUSC328 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 435 Music of North America (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
A survey of North American music from Colonial times to present.
MUSC 436 Jazz: Then and Now (3 credits)
Major styles and influential artists of the past 75 years of jazz.
MUSC 439 Collegium Musicum (1 credits)
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 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC330, MUSC331 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 444 Wind and Percussion Literature (1 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Corequisite: MUSP419 or MUSP420.
Recital program notes and written projects in wind or percussion
literature.
MUSC 445 Survey of the Opera (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC330, MUSC331 or equivalent.
A study of the music, librettos and composers of the standard operas.
MUSC 446 String Literature (1 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSP316 and permission of department.
Recital program notes and written projects in string literature.
MUSC 448 Selected Topics in Music (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. A maximum of three credits may
be applied to music major requirements. Junior standing. Repeatable to 6
credits if content differs.
MUSC 450 Musical Form (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251.
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 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC450 or permission of instructor.
A course in the analysis of music. Discussion of individual works, with
emphasis on their unique characteristics and on the relation of analysis
to performance.
MUSC 452 Keyboard Harmony (2 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251.
Keyboard performance of musical score for vocal and instrumental
ensembles and keyboard realization of basso continuous parts.
MUSC 455 Theory of Jazz (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC250 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 arrangements of "standard" tunes.
MUSC 460 Tonal Counterpoint I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251 or permission of department.
A course in Eighteenth-Century contrapuntal techniques, analysis and
original composition of two-voice dances, preludes, and inventions.
Includes an introduction to the study of fugue and canon.
MUSC 461 Theory and Analysis of Atonal and Twelve-tone Music (2 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251 and MUSC450; and permission of department. For
MUSC Theory majors only.
An advanced technical introduction to theory and analysis of atonal and
twelve-tone music, with an emphasis on music by Schoenberg, Webern,
Bartok, and Stravinsky.
MUSC 462 Music Notation on Computers (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC150 or permission of department.
An in-depth, hands-on study of music notation using computers. All
issues of standard notation practice are examined, including score
preparation, text in vocal music, keyboard idioms and the extraction
and printing of parts from larger ensemble scores.
MUSC 463 Applications in Music Technology (3 credits)
A hands-on study of computer hardware and software that makes use of the
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) specification. This protocol
allows computers, synthesizers and various other devices to send and
receive information about musical performance, notation and sound. The
course focuses on two of the most frequently used applications on MIDI
-- sequencing and music notation. Also included is an introduction to
digital audio. No previous experience with computers is required.
Ability to read music on a grand staff (treble and bass clef) is
recommended.
MUSC 464 The Theories of Heinrich Schenker (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251 and MUSC450; and permission of department. Not
open to students who have completed MUSC651. Credit will be granted for
only one of the following: MUSC464 or MUSC651.
An advanced analysis course in tonal music with specific emphasis on the
theories of the early 20th century theorist Heinrich Schenker. Specific
analyses of music by Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, and Brahms.
MUSC 465 Theory in Analysis (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251 and MUSC450; and permission of department. For
MUSC majors only.
An advanced readings course in theory of music analysis, embracing
philosophy of approach and analytic applications. Topics include
standards for discourse, musical sound and context, segmentation and
categorization, among others.
MUSC 467 Piano Pedagogy I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
A study of major pedagogical treatises in music, and an evaluation of
pedagogical techniques, materials, and procedures.
MUSC 468 Piano Pedagogy II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC467 and permission of department. Repeatable to 6
credits.
Application of the studies begun in MUSC467 to the actual lesson
situation. Evaluation of results.
MUSC 470 Harmonic and Contrapuntal Practices of the Twentieth Century (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251 or equivalent; and permission of department.
A theoretical and analytical study of twentieth century materials.
MUSC 471 Contemporary Compositional Techniques (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC470 and permission of department.
Continuation of MUSC470, with emphasis on the analysis of individual
works written since 1945.
MUSC 480 Music in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (3 credits)
Survey of western music from Hellenic times to 1450.
MUSC 481 Music in the Renaissance (3 credits)
Survey of western music from 1450 to 1600.
MUSC 482 Music in the Baroque Era (3 credits)
Survey of western music from 1600 to 1750.
MUSC 483 Music in the Classic Era (3 credits)
Survey of western music from 1750 to 1820.
MUSC 484 Music in the Romantic Era (3 credits)
Survey of western music from 1820 to 1900.
MUSC 485 Music in the 20th Century (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Survey of western music from 1900 to the present.
MUSC 486 Orchestration I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251 and permission of department.
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 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251.
Vocal and instrumental baton techniques.
MUSC 491 Conducting II (2 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC490 or equivalent.
Baton techniques applied to score reading, rehearsal techniques, tone
production, style and interpretation.
MUSC 492 Keyboard Music I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
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 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC492 and permission of department.
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 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC251 and permission of department.
A study of the major contributions of music theorists from Greek
antiquity through the twentieth century.
MUSC 499 Independent Studies (1-3 credits)
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 550 Theory of Music Graduate Review (3 credits)
Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: permission of department; Course is non-applicable toward
a graduate degree.
Music theory review for graduate students:aural training, counterpoint,
basic diatonic harmony, chromatic harmony, and analysis of complete
works.
MUSC 601 Advanced English Lyric Diction (1 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 (2 credits)
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 (2 credits)
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 (2 credits)
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 (2 credits)
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 615 Seminar in Suzuki String Pedagogy I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC 400.
Analysis of the techniques, methods and repertory of the Suzuki Violin
School.
MUSC 616 Seminar in Suzuki String Pedagogy II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC 615.
Analysis of the techniques, methods and repertory of the Suzuki Violin
School.
MUSC 617 Seminar in Suzuki String Pedagogy III (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC 616.
Analysis of the techniques, methods and repertory of the Suzuki Violin
School.
MUSC 621 Documents of Theory and Aesthetics: Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance (3 credits)
Writings about music in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the
Renaissance.
MUSC 629 Ensemble (1 credits)
Repeatable to 36 credits.
Rehearsal and performance of selected works for small and large
instrumental ensembles.
MUSC 635 Seminar in American Music (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Seminar leading to an orginal research project relating to music or
musical life in North America, from 1600 to the present.
MUSC 639 Seminar in Music (3 credits)
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 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Problems in the performance of music lying primarily outside the
standard repertory. Mainly for performance majors.
MUSC 642 Early Music Notation (3 credits)
Aspects of notation in music before 1600; transcription into modern
notation.
MUSC 643 Seminar in Solo Vocal Literature I (3 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 649 Ensemble (1 credits)
Repeatable to 36 credits if content differs.
MUSC 650 The Contemporary Idiom (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC 470 or permission of department.
Analysis of various works of the twentieth century.
MUSC 651 The Theories of Heinrich Schenker (3 credits)
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 credits)
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 659 Seminar in Choral Repertoire and Pedagogy (2-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Credit will be granted for only
one of the following: MUSC 659 or MUSC 699R. Formerly MUSC699R.
Analysis and preparation of choral master works from all major style
periods for the purpose of successful rehearsal and performance by
conductors.
MUSC 660 String Pedagogy (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Credit will be granted for only
one of the following: MuSC400S or MUSC600.
A study of major string pedagogical treatises, and an evaluation of
string pedagogical techniques, materials, and procedures.
MUSC 670 Advanced Analytical Techniques I (3 credits)
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 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC 451 or permission of department.
Analysis of representative masterpieces of the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
MUSC 672 Advanced Orchestration (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC487 and permission of department. Credit will be
granted for only one of the following: MUSC672 or MUSC688. Formerly
MUSC688.
Orchestration projects in the styles of Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky,
Schoenberg, Bartok, and others.
MUSC 675 Music Theory Pedagogy (3 credits)
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 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC 479 or equivalent; and graduate standing.
An advanced course in musical composition. May be repeated for credit.
MUSC 680 Seminar in Music of Antiquity and the Middle Ages (3 credits)
Research topics in music from antiquity to 1450.
MUSC 681 Seminar in Music of the Renaissance (3 credits)
Seminar in music of the Renaissance. Research topics in music from 1450
to 1600.
MUSC 682 Seminar in Music of the Baroque Era (3 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
Seminar in music of the twentieth century. Research topics in music
from 1900 to the present.
MUSC 688 Advanced Orchestration (3 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
MUSC 800 Advanced Seminar in Music Pedagogy (3 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
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 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC 678 or equivalent, and permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Conference course in composition in the larger forms.
MUSC 898 Pre-Candidacy Research (1-8 credits)
MUSC 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)
