Music Program Classes

Spring 2002 Classes at the other CUNY campuses

Students in Graduate Center programs can, with permission, take classes at the other CUNY campuses.  Here is a selected list of course offerings in Spring 2002.

C = City College / H = Hunter College / Q = Queens College / B = Brooklyn College
Music 72200 (C)   

Structures of Music 2
Wednesday, 4:30-7PM, Rm.S79, 2 credits, Prof. McKee [50790]

Music 72200 (C)    Structures of Music 3
Monday, 4:30-7PM, Rm.S79, 2 credits, Prof. Carillo [50791]

Music 72500 (H)    Advanced Studies in Music Theory 2
Monday, 6:10-9PM, 3 credits, Rm. 407  Prof. Spicer
Introduction to the study of 20th-century, contemporary, and post-tonal music.
 
Music 74000/76000 (C)   A Survey of Solo Piano Literature
Tuesday, 4:30-7PM, Rm.S79, 3 credits, Prof. Graziano [50792/50793/50794]
(choose only one course and associated code)
 A survey of solo piano literature from the 18th through the 20th centuries. Composers to be discussed include the well-known (J. S. Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, etc.) as well as the less-well-known (C. P. E. Bach, Dussek, Hummel, Alkan, Albeniz, etc.). There will be three  papers and class presentations/performances required.  (If you have already taken one of these courses use one of the other numbers.)

Music 76000 (Q)    Seminar In Music History: Beethoven
Wednesday, 4:30-7:20PM, 3 credits, Prof. Burnett [50785]

Music 76004 (B)    Seminar in Music History: Classic Era: Classic Chamber Music
Wednesday, 3:30-6:00PM, Rm. 249 Gershwin Prof. MacIntyre [50781]
Survey of the principal chamber music genres c.1760-1826, including the string quartets, piano trios, and other ensemble sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.  Cultural milieu, stylistic developments, formal types, performance traditions, and audience reception of representative works will be discussed.  Comparison of critical appraisals by modern scholars. Assigned readings, score study, listening, and seminar reports.  Each student will report on at least one work from each of two different genres.  Live, in-class performances when feasible.  Term paper on topic related to one's particular interests.

Music  76401 (B) Seminar in Music Theory: Analysis of Tonal Music
Monday & Wednesday, 2:00-3:15PM, Rm. 347G Prof. Rupprecht [50782]
Linear analysis of the common-practice tonal repertory. Prerequisite: fluency in basic tonal theory, including counterpoint, harmonic analysis with figured-bass and Roman numeral notations.  Weekly written assignments; final exam; final paper.

Music 76402 (B)    Sem. in Music Theory: Analysis of 20th-Century Music: American Experimental Music: The New York School
Monday, 3:30-6:00PM, Rm. 249G   Prof. Cohen   [50783]
Investigation into the music of experimental musicians influenced by the work of New York School composers John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and David Tudor.  The focus will be on developments by American composers of the next generation, although relevant contributions from the United Kingdom and Europe will also be considered.  Composers to be covered include: Robert Ashley, David Behrman, Gavin Bryars, Cornelius Cardew, Alison Knowles, Annea Lockwood, Alvin Lucier, Charlotte Moorman, Gordom Mumma, Nam June Paik, Frederic Rzewski, Howard Skempton, James Tenney, Richard Titelbaum, and LaMonte Young.  Composer groups will include AMM, Fluxus, Musica Elettronica Viva, Scratch Orchestra, Sonic Arts Union, and Theatre of Eternal Music. 

Music 76501(B)    Seminar in Jazz History:  Jazz Musicians as Intellectuals, 1920s-1980s    
Wednesday, 4:15-6:45PM, 3 credits, Rm. 347G Prof. Washington  [50784]
This course in jazz history does not presuppose music reading skills or previous experience in jazz. It does require that students be willing to handle weekly reading assignments and listenings, participate in class discussions, and write a substantial term paper. We will read Ellison's Invisible Man from a jazz perspective. We will also read jazz autobiographies and secondary works that investigate the social, political, and intellectual world of jazz musicians with a focus on the middle of the 20th century.

Music 76800 (Q)    Music History Survey
Thursday, 4:30-7:20PM, 3  credits, Prof. Stone    [50786]

Music 77600 (H)    Seminar in Ethnomusicology 2
Monday, 6:10-9PM, 3 credits, Rm. 635  Prof. Hampton
Introduction to the tools and methods of ethnomusicology.

Music 77730 (Q)    18th & 19th Century Performance Practice
Monday/Wednesday, 1-4:15PM, 3 credits, Rm. 226,  Prof. Orenstei [50787]

Music 78500 (Q)   20th Century II
Monday, 4:30-7:20PM, 3 credits, Rm. 351,  Prof. Howe [50788]

Music 79820 (Q)    Advanced Solfege & Score Reading
Tuesday/Thursday, 3-3:50PM, 3 credits, Rm. 314  Prof. Gagné [50789]
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.

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