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MUET
MUET 2000
Global Perspectives in Popular Music
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Addresses popular music—broadly defined as music produced and consumed through mass media technologies—from different industries, genres and sites throughout the world. Students do not require any formal training or background in music to participate fully in this course.
MUET 3020
Popular Music in American Culture
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
Historical development of popular musical styles, including Tin Pan Alley, Blues, Country and Western, Big Band Swing, 1950s Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, the British Invasion, Art Rock, Punk, Reggae and Heavy Metal. These musical styles are explored as part of the sociocultural complex in which they developed.
MUET 3030
Music Cultures of the World
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Survey of music cultures of Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. Music traditions are studied from a perspective that emphasizes music as an integral part of society and culture.
MUET 3070
Studies in Asian Music
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Historical development and current issues in Asian music. Select music cultures are studied from an ethnomusicological perspective.
MUET 3080
Studies in Latin-American Music
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Study of the traditional and popular music of Latin America in its cultural context using theoretical approaches of ethnomusicology and related disciplines. Countries and topics may vary.
MUET 3090
Music of India
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Study of Indian music culture from Vedic times to the present day. Course materials cover classical traditions (both North Indian Hidusthani and South Indian Carnatic styles), folk and popular music. These genres are explored from the socio-cultural contexts in which they developed and continue to function.
MUET 3617
African Music and Movement
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Study of selected African drum music and development of related traditional movement skills through studio experience. Movements will be compared and contrasted with various African dance styles, while exploring their cultural basis, recreational and social uses, and artistic and educational values.
MUET 4500
Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
General overview of the discipline of ethnomusicology, including major contributions to the field, history, methodology and practical applications. Case studies are used to illustrate specific theoretical problems encountered in ethnomusicological research.
MUET 5020
Anthropology of Sound
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Examines sound from a cross-cultural perspective by opening up a dialogue about alternative sonic practices which challenge many taken-for-granted notions about contemporary theories of sound.
MUET 5030
Music Cultures of the World
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Selected survey of music cultures of the world. Examination of musical traditions from a perspective that emphasizes music as an integral part of society and culture.
MUET 5050
Music of Africa
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Study of musical experience in African life. How does music function in everyday life, in ritual and ceremony? When does music happen and for what reasons? What are the social and political horizons of musical events? How has musical experience changed in contemporary life? These questions are explored in relation to African music, ranging from the complex vocal polyphony of the Mbuti Pygmies of the Itui Forest to the worldwide explosion of Afro Pop.
MUET 5070
Studies in Asian Music
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Historical developments and current issues in Asian music. Select music cultures are studied from an ethnomusicological perspective.
MUET 5080
Studies in Latin American Music
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Study of the traditional and popular music of Latin America in its cultural context using theoretical approaches of ethnomusicology and related disciplines. Countries and topics may vary.
MUET 5090
Music of India
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Development of Indian music from Vedic times to the present day. Overview of North Indian classical music, a detailed study of South Indian classical music systems, and a selected survey of folk music from different regions of India.
MUET 5220
Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Exploration of the relationship between shifting theoretical research paradigms and how they have affected field methodology. Close readings of representative ethnographies, several short field assignments and reports, and a field research project, resulting in a final paper.
MUET 5230
World Music Analysis
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Analytical approaches to world music; theoretical and practical issues in transcription; development of new paradigms for transcription, analysis and graphic representation of music.
MUET 5500
Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
General overview of the discipline of ethnomusicology, including major contributions to the field, history, methodology and practical applications. Case studies are used to illustrate specific theoretical problems encountered in ethnomusicological research.
MUET 5617
African Music and Movement
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Study of selected African drum music and development of related traditional movement skills through studio performance. Movement will be compared and contrasted with various African dance styles, while exploring their cultural basis, recreational and social uses, and artistic and educational values.
MUMH
MUMH 1610
Music as Communication
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Introduction to issues of music seen as a form of human communication with emphasis on developing listening skills and critical thinking. Includes discussion of Western and non-Western music based on case studies.
MUMH 2040
Music Appreciation
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
Music masterpieces; elements of music, form and design; relation of music to other areas of cultural development; live and recorded performances.
MUMH 2050
Sounds and Cinema
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
This course develops critical and analytical approaches to the soundtrack, music’s role in the soundtrack, and the relation of soundtrack and imagetrack (especially relating to music) on small-scale and large-scale (narrative) levels. Previous experience with musical performance (including the ability to read music) is not required or expected.
MUMH 3000
Nineteenth-Century Music
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
Music in romantic humanism; lectures, recordings, art works and live performances.
MUMH 3010
Twentieth-Century Music
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
Music since Impressionism; changing currents in culture and society. Lectures, recordings, art works and live performances.
MUMH 3100
Music, Gender, Sexuality
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
This course explores various intersections between music, gender, and sexuality. Previous experience with musical performance (including the ability to read music) is not required or expected.
MUMH 3200
Music as Politics
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
This course explores various intersections between music, activism, and politics. Previous experience with musical performance (including the ability to read music) is not required or expected.
MUMH 3500
Music History and Literature to 1750
Prerequisites: MUMH 1610
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Comprehensive coverage of stylistic developments, genres, and creative figures in Western art music from the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century.
MUMH 3510
Music History and Literature Since 1750
Prerequisites: MUMH 1610
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Comprehensive coverage of stylistic developments, genres, and creative figures in Western art music from the Classic period to the present.
MUMH 4050
Symphonic Literature
Prerequisites: MUMH 3500, MUMH 3510
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Historical overview of the symphony as a genre from Haydn to the present; emphasis on skills for recognizing and analyzing symphonic genres and forms through score study and listening.
MUMH 4070
Operatic Literature
Prerequisites: MUMH 3500, MUMH 3510
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Historical overview of Western opera; emphasis on skills for recognizing and analyzing operatic styles and genres from both the musical and dramatic perspectives.
MUMH 4760
Chamber Music Literature
Prerequisites: MUMH 3500, MUMH 3510
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Chamber music from the Baroque to the present.
MUMH 4770
Masterpieces of Choral Literature
Prerequisites: MUMH 1610
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Choral masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present.
MUMH 4800
Nazism, Judaism and the Politics of Classical Music in Germany
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Explores the connections between Nazi ideology, politics, anti-Semitism and classical music in Nazi Germany.
MUMH 5010
Introduction to Research in Music
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Both
Introduction to research techniques and application.
MUMH 5020
Introduction to Musicology
Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or consent of College
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Critical assessment of current issues, methodologies and themes in musicological research.
MUMH 5110
History of Opera
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
In-depth examination, at the graduate level, of selected topics in the history of opera.
MUMH 5331
Western Music History, 750–1400
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 750–1400. Combination of lectures, source study and writing.
MUMH 5332
Western Music History, 1400–1600
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1400–1600. Combination of lectures, source study, and writing.
MUMH 5333
Western Music History, 1600–1700
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1600–1700. Combination of lectures, source study, and writing.
MUMH 5341
Western Music History, 1700–1800
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1700–1800. Combination of lectures, source study, and writing.
MUMH 5342
Western Music History, 1800–1900
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1800–1900. Combination of lectures, source study, and writing.
MUMH 5343
Western Music History, 1900 to the Present
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1900 to the present. Combination of lectures, source study and writing.
MUMH 5430
Music in Latin America
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Examination of selected topics in the history of music by Latin American composers. Topics vary by term/semester.
MUMH 5440
Music in the United States
Prerequisites: Leveling and review course requirements satisfied, or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Examination of selected topics in the history of music in the United States. Topics vary by term/semester.
MUMH 5500
Music History and Literature to 1750
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Comprehensive coverage of stylistic developments, genres and creative figures in Western art music from the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century.
MUMH 5510
Music History and Literature Since 1750
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Comprehensive coverage of stylistic developments, genres and creative figures in Western art music from the Classic period to the present.
MUMH 5610
Ornamentation and Improvisation 1500–1800
Prerequisites: Admittance to MM in musicology, DMA or MM related fields in early music or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Improvisation and ornamentation practices of the Renaissance, baroque and classical periods. Students write and perform ornamentations weekly.
MUMH 5630
Performance Practice: Baroque
Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or equivalent
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Comprehensive study of baroque performance practices.
MUMH 5640
Performance Practice: Classic/Romantic
Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or equivalent
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Comprehensive study of classical and romantic performance practices.
MUTH
MUTH 1300
Exploration in Music I
Prerequisites: None
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
Introduction to basic musicianship including elements of music, staff, clefs, key signatures, scales, time signatures and notation. Credit in this course may not be applied to a music degree.
MUTH 1350
Exploration in Music II
Prerequisites: MUTH 1300 or consent of instructor
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Non-Major
Introduction to basic musicianship course for the non-music major that covers analysis, part-writing, figured bass realization, and harmonization.
MUTH 1400
Theory I
Prerequisites: Limited to current music majors, or with consent of instructor Corequisite: MUTH 1410
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Large-lecture format. Introduction to analysis, part writing, figured bass realization, and harmonization beginning with melody and two-part exercises.
MUTH 1410
Aural Skills I
Prerequisites: Limited to current music majors, or with consent of instructor Corequisite: MUTH 1400
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 1400 via singing, ear training and conducting experiences.
MUTH 1500
Theory II
Prerequisites: MUTH 1400 and MUTH 1410, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 1510
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Continuation of analysis, part writing, figured bass realization and harmonization covering harmonic vocabulary of 18th-century music and smaller forms of the Baroque period.
MUTH 1510
Aural Skills II
Prerequisites: MUTH 1400 and MUTH 1410, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 1500
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 1500 via singing, ear training, keyboard, and conducting experiences.
MUTH 2400
Theory III
Prerequisites: MUTH 1500 and MUTH 1510, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 2410
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Analysis, part writing, figured bass realization and harmonization covering harmonic vocabulary of late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, larger forms of the Baroque era and form of the Classic and Romantic eras. Computer competency skills are included.
MUTH 2410
Aural Skills III
Prerequisites: MUTH 1500 and MUTH 1510, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 2400
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 2400 via singing, ear training, keyboard and conducting experiences.
MUTH 2500
Theory IV
Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 2510
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Analysis of the musical language of pieces composed in the 20th and 21st centuries.
MUTH 2510
Aural Skills IV
Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better Corequisite: MUTH 2500
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Reinforcement of theoretical concepts presented in MUTH 2500 via singing, ear training, keyboard and conducting experiences.
MUTH 3410
Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint
Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Contrapuntal procedures of 16th-century composers. Writing motets and madrigals in two to four voices.
MUTH 3420
Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Contrapuntal procedures of 18th-century composers. Writing inventions, chorale preludes and other 18th-century forms.
MUTH 3510
Form Analysis
Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Structural principles of 18th- and 19th-century music determined by analysis of major composers’ works, larger instrumental and vocal forms.
MUTH 3520
Harmonic Analysis
Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Harmonic structure of compositions representative of different schools and composers.
MUTH 4370
Schenkerian Analysis
Prerequisites: MUTH 2400 and MUTH 2410, both with a grade of C or better
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker.
MUTH 4520
Twentieth-Century Techniques
Prerequisites: MUTH 2500 and MUTH 2510, both with a grade of C or better
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Dodecaphonic and atonal set theory techniques as applied to representative works of the 20th century.
MUTH 4680
Advanced Topics in Music Theory
Prerequisites: MUTH 2500, MUTH 2510, MUMH 3500, MUMH 3510; or consent of instructor
Level: Undergraduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Investigation and research on subjects within the discipline of music theory and analysis. For advanced music students.
MUTH 5010
Graduate Theory Review
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Theoretical principles of music from the 17th through early 20th centuries and their application through analysis and aural skills.
MUTH 5080
Pedagogy of Theory
Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Methodologies of teaching and acquiring concepts of musical structure; compilation of teaching materials. Practical observation and supervised teaching of collegiate written theory and aural skills.
MUTH 5350
Music Analysis and Performance
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Music analysis with a focus on performance practice. Primarily for performers who want to explore analytical techniques that facilitate approaches to musical style and performance.
MUTH 5355
Analytical Techniques I (Ars Antiqua–1700)
Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written 900–1700.
MUTH 5360
Analytical Techniques II (1700–1900)
Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5001, MUTH 5002 and MUTH 5003
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written 1700–1900.
MUTH 5370
Analytical Techniques III (Post 1900)
Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010 MUTH 5360 recommended MUTH 4520 or consent of instructor
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written after 1900.
MUTH 5380
Schenkerian Analysis
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker.
MUTH 5400
Invertible Counterpoint and Fugue
Prerequisites: MUTH 3420 Satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Advanced techniques in contrapuntal writing in 18th-century style.
MUTH 5410
16th Century Counterpoint
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Contrapuntal procedures of 16th-century composers. Writing motets and madrigals in two to four voices.
MUTH 5420
18th Century Counterpoint
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Contrapuntal procedures of 18th century composers. Writing inventions, chorale preludes and other 18th century forms.
MUTH 5470
Advanced Schenkerian Analysis
Prerequisites: MUTH 4370 Satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5001, MUTH 5002 and MUTH 5003
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Advanced analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker.
MUTH 5510
Form Analysis
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Structural principles of 18th- and 19th-century music determined by analysis of major composers’ works, larger instrumental and vocal forms.
MUTH 5520
Harmonic Analysis
Prerequisites: None
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Harmonic structure of compositions representative of different schools and composers.
MUTH 6660
History of Music Theory I
Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or MUMH 5020 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Theoretical systems and treatises from antiquity to the late 15th century and analysis of related compositions.
MUTH 6670
History of Music Theory II
Prerequisites: MUMH 5010 or MUMH 5020 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5010
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Theoretical systems and treatises from the 16th to early 18th century and analysis of related compositions.
MUTH 6700
Analytical Systems I (1700–1900)
Prerequisites: MUTH 5360, and MUMH 5010 or MUMH 5020 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Examination of analytical systems from the middle works of Rameau to the harmonic theories of Riemann, Schenker and Schoenberg.
MUTH 6710
Analytical Systems II (Post 1900)
Prerequisites: MUTH 5370, and MUMH 5010 or MUMH 5020 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent
Level: Graduate | Major/Non-Major: Major
Examination of analytical systems in the 20th century.