Music Program Classes
Classes offered at the Graduate Center
in FALL 2004
Note: In addition to these courses, Graduate Center students
can request permission to take courses at other
CUNY campuses.
Click here for Spring 2004 classes.
Music 70000 Bibliography and Research Techniques
(3cr.)
Prof. Allan Atlas
Tuesdays 10am-1pm Room 3389
An introduction to what "musicologists" (using that term in its broadest sense)
do, this by doing some of the things that some of them do: editing, archival research,
sketch studies, codicology, analysis-criticism, book reviewing, etc. A survey of the
chief musicological reference tools, journals, histories, etc. Discussion of one or
two of the "hotter" topics. A series of short papers and semester-long projects.
Music 71200 Research Techniques in Ethnomusicology (3cr.)
Prof. Stephen Blum
Mondays 10am-1pm Room 3389
The proseminar focuses on problems of coordinating several types of sources
in ethnomusicological research. Assignments include a number of exercises
and two major projects: a survey of the state of research in one area, and a
detailed proposal for a monograph or dissertation. Required of students
concentrating in ethnomusicology.
Music 74100 Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music (3cr.)
Prof. Philip Rupprecht
Thursdays 2-5pm Room 3389
A survey of basic approaches to post-tonal theory and analysis. The
course will focus on music by Webern, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and
others, and on secondary literature by Babbit, Forte, Rahn, Lewin, and
others.
Music 74500
Proseminar in Theory/Analysis: Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis (3cr.)
Prof. Poundie Burstein
Mondays 10am-1pm
Room 3491
An introduction to the practice of Schenkerian analysis, including discussion of its
notation, terminology, and techniques. Assignments will involve intensive analyses of
works and excerpts of works from the Western tonal repertoire. Students entering the class
should have a strong background in harmony and counterpoint. NOTE - This course is limited to 15 (Ph.D. and DMA students at
the Graduate School only; not open for any permit or non-matriculated students).
81001 Studio Tutorial (Room and Campus TBA) Staff 3 cr.
81002 Studio Tutorial (Room and Campus TBA) Staff 3 cr.
81003 Studio Tutorial (Room and Campus TBA) Staff 3 cr.
81004 Studio Tutorial (Room and Campus TBA) Staff 3 cr.
81101 Ensemble (Room and Campus TBA) Staff
1 cr.
81102 Ensemble (Room and Campus TBA) Staff 1 cr.
81103 Ensemble (Room and Campus TBA) Staff 1 cr.
81104 Ensemble (Room and Campus TBA) Staff 1 cr.
Music 81201 Performance Workshop: Renaissance (3cr.)
Prof. Anne Stone
Thursdays 2-5pm
Room 3491
Music 81202
Proseminar in Music History: Subjectivity and
Song in the Middle Ages (3cr.)
Prof. Anne Stone
Thursdays 5-7pm
Room 3491
Music
81502 Performance
Practice: Baroque (3cr.)
Prof. Raymond Erickson
Tuesdays 10am-1pm Room 3491
This course, intended for performers, will approach various issues in Baroque performance
practice primarily through the music of J.S.Bach. Issues to be dealt with include: Baroque
instruments and vocal and instrumental technique, dances and dance music, national styles,
ornamentation, and continuo playing.
Music 82000 Analysis
for Performers (3cr.)
Prof. John Graziano
Tuesdays, 2-5pm
Room 3491
Analysis of various works in tonal and post-tonal styles, with emphasis on those aspects
(harmonic, melodic, melodic, structural, rhythmic and thematic) that influence performance
decisions. Students will prepare works for analysis and performance in class. This course
is intended for and required of all students in the DMA Program.
Music 82501 Music
History of Music Theory I (3cr.)
Prof. Ruth DeFord
Mondays 2-5pm Room 3491
This course focuses on three broad issues in music theory from ancient times to ca. 1600:
(1) concepts of pitch, including interval measurement, tuning systems, musica
ficta, and
the chromatic and enharmonic genera; (2) theories of counterpoint; and (3) mode. It
emphasizes conflicting opinions, both among early theorists and among their modern
interpreters, with the objective of discovering the (often unstated) assumptions that
underlie these conflicts. Relationships of theory to composition and performance practice
are also considered.
Music 83500 Music, Globalization, and Diasporas (3cr.)
Prof. Peter Manuel
Mondays 2-5pm Room 3491
Music 84200 Seminar in Theory/Analysis: Current Trends in Music
Theory (3cr.)
Prof. Joseph Straus
Fridays 10am-1pm Room 3389
Music 85400 Analysis of Nineteenth-Century Opera (3cr.)
Prof. William Rothstein Room 3491
An advanced course in the theory and practice of Schenkerian analysis. Close readings of
Schenker's theoretical and analytical writings, plus a few readings from the secondary
literature, will supplement intensive work in analysis. An oral presentation and several
written assignments will be required. Prerequisite: Intermediate Schenkerian Analysis or
consent of the instructor. A reading knowledge of German is desirable but not required.
Music 86200 New
Currents in American Music Studies (3cr.)
Prof. Ellie Hisama
Thrusdays 10am-1pm Room 3491
Music 89100 Composers Seminar (3cr.)
Prof. Tania Leon
Tuesdays, 2-5pm Room 3491
Classes of previous semesters: Spring 2004, Fall
2003, Spring
2003, Fall 2002,
Spring 2002, Fall
2001.
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