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Preview of Spring 2003 Classes offered at the Other CUNY campuses
B=Brooklyn College, C=City College,  H=Hunter College, Q= Queens College.
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
early afternoon

MUS 76401  Analysis of Tonal Music Brooklyn, M/W, 1:40-2:55 pm,  Prof. Hisama

MUS 74000  Style Criticism Brooklyn, M/W, 3:30-6 pm  

MUS 798.1 Advanced keyboard and musicianship 
3-3:50pm, Prof.  Gagne 

MUS 76401  Analysis of Tonal Music Brooklyn, M/W, 1:40-2:55 pm,  Prof. Hisama

MUS 70000  Bibliography/Research Techniques 3:30-6:00 pm, Prof. MacIntyre

 

MUS 798.1 Advanced keyboard and musicianship 
3-3:50pm, Prof.  Gagne 
late afternoon MUS 72601  Electronic Music Studio I Queens College,
4:30-7:20 pm

MUS 74200  Style Criticism, Queens College,
 4:30-7:20 pm, Prof. Rothstein

MUS 76900  Jazz History Seminar City College 
M/W, 4:30-5:45 pm, Prof. Reeves

MUS 72100  Structures I City College, 4:00-6:30 pm Prof. O'Donnell


MUS 70000 - Bibliography/Research Techniques City College 4:30-7:00 pm, Prof. Graziano 

MUS 73301 - Computer Music I  Brooklyn, 4:55-7:25 pm 
MUS 76900  Jazz History Seminar M/W City College, 4:30-5:45 pm Prof. Reeves

MUS 74000/74100 Style Criticism I/II City College 
 4:00-6:30 pm,  Prof. Hanning


MUS 76005  Beethoven City College 4:00-6:30 pm, Prof. Hanning, 

MUS 76400  Tonal Composition & Fugue
Thurs, 4:30-7:20 pm, Prof. Nichols, Queens College


MUS 70000 Bibliography/Research Techniques
Thurs, 4:30-7:20 pm, Prof. Stone, Queens College

evening MUS 72400 Advanced Studies in Music Theory I
Hunter, 6:10-9:00 pm,  Prof. Burstein
MUS 75100 Advanced Studies in Music History I
Hunter, 6:10-9:00 pm, Prof. Deford

MUS 76500 - Seminar in American Music
Brooklyn, 7:10-9:40 pm, Prof. Taylor

MUS 75300 Transcription and Analysis (Ethnomusicology)
Hunter, 6:10-9:00 pm,  Prof. Hampton

MUS 760.72 Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera 
Hunter, 6:10-9:00 pm, Prof. Burke  

MUS 73100 - Advanced Score Reading & Conducting
5:00-7:30 pm Prof. Del Tredici

Hunter College
MUS 72400 Advanced Studies in Music Theory 
Monday, 6:10-9:00 pm, Room 407, 3 credits, Prof. Burstein
Thorough review of concepts of harmony, figured bass, three-part species counterpoint, and form.  Includes introduction to the selections from the scholarly literature of music theory and analysis of pieces from the mainstream of Western music.

MUS 75100 Advanced Studies in Music History I
Tuesday,  6:10-9:00 pm, Room 407,  3 credits, DeFord
Study of advanced topics in the history of music in the European tradition before 1750. Includes analysis of music in different styles, studies of the role of music in cultural history, and instruction in research and writing about music

MUS 75300 Transcription and Analysis (Ethnomusicology)
Thursday,  6:10-9:00 pm, Room 414,  3 credits, Hampton

MUS 760.72 Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera 
Thursday, 6:10-9:00 pm Room  407, 3 credits, Burke


Queens College
MUS 76400  Tonal Composition & Fugue
Thursday,  4:30-7:20 pm, Rm. 351, 3 credits, Prof. Nichols, [45798] 

MUS 72601  Electronic Music Studio I
Monday, 4:30-7:20 pm, Rm. 310/302, 3 credits, Prof. Howe, [45785]

MUS 70000  Bibliography/Research Techniques
Thursday,  4:30-7:20 pm, Rm. 125B, 3 credits, Prof. Stone, [45783]
The study and evaluation of sources and bibliographical methods.

MUS 74200  Style Criticism 
Monday, 4:30-7:20 pm, Rm. 351, 3 credits, Prof. Rothstein, [45793] 

MUS 798.1 Advanced Keyboard and Musicianship
Tuesday & Thursday, 3-3:30pm, 2credits, Room. 314, Prof. Gagne
Intensive work in musicianship skills, including but not limited to solfège, reading of alto, tenor, and soprano clefs, advanced work in rhythm and meter, score reading at the piano, and singing of tonal and post-tonal melodies. Dictation in one, two, and four parts.

Brooklyn College
MUS 70000 Bibliography/Research Techniques
Wednesday, 3:30-6:00 pm, Rm. 372, 3 credits, Prof. MacIntyre, [45781] 
    Techniques for effective research, criticism, speaking, and writing  about music at the graduate level.  Information literacy in music.  Topics include:  good habits of inquiry, research, criticism, and writing about a selected musical subject; fundamental reference tools for research; online resources; significant local music archives; efficiently locating particular scores, recordings, and music vendors; current copyright regulations; understanding and summarizing ("abstracting") exemplary advanced writing about music; cogent vs. grandiloquent and boring writing about music; how to edit one's own writing; correct source citation; preparing a thesis or project proposal; old vs. new musicology; scholarly vs. practical editions; career planning and developing one's résumé.  Weekly assignments through individual and group exercises, written assignments, and team projects. Term project (12-15pp.) will be a paper proposal (with annotated bibliography) or book review on an approved topic or recent book. Participants will use the course's Blackboard web-site.   Home access to the Internet will help. 
    This seminar is strongly advisable for students in their first year of study for the master's degree in music;  it is a required course for students later planning to complete a doctorate in music.

MUS 73301 Computer Music I
Tuesday,  4:55-7:25 pm, Rm. 251, 3 credits, TBA  [45788]

MUS 74000  Style Criticism 
Monday, 3:30-6:00 pm, Rm. 416, 3 credits, TBA  [45792]

MUS 76500 Seminar in American Music
Tuesday,  7:10-9:40 pm, Rm. 249, 3 credits, Prof. Taylor, [45796] 

MUS 76401 Analysis of Tonal Music
Monday/Wednesday, 1:40-2:55 pm, Rm. 356, 3 credits, Prof. Hisama, [45795] 

City College
MUS 70000 Bibliography/Research Techniques
Tuesday,  4:30-7:00 pm, Rm. S79, 3 credits, Prof. Graziano, [45782] 
The study and evaluation of sources and bibliographical methods.

MUS 72100 Structures I
Monday, 4:00-6:30 pm, Rm. S79, 3 credits, Prof. O'Donnell, [45784] 

MUS 73100  Advanced Score Reading & Conducting
Thursday, 5:00-7:30 pm, Rm. S182, 3 credits, Prof. Del Tredici, [45786] 

MUS 74000 Style Criticism I/ MUS 74100 - Style Criticism II
Wednesday, 4:00-6:30 pm, Rm. S79, 3 credits, Prof. Hanning, [45790]/[45791] 
The components of style; musical material, its selection, manipulation and expressiveness. Characteristics of individual composers and schools as determined by creative personality, nationality and milieu.

MUS 76005 Beethoven
Wednesday, 4:00-6:30 pm, Rm. S79, 3 credits, Prof. Hanning, [45794] 

MUS 76900 Jazz History Seminar
Monday/Wednesday, 4:30-5:45 pm, Rm. S79, 3 credits, Prof. Reeves, [45797] 

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