Music Program Classes
Classes offered at the Graduate Center in
Fall 2007
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70000
Bibliography & Research Techniques
Prof. Allan Atlas 4 credits [90298]
Tuesday, 10am–1pm. Room 3398.
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.
71200
Research Techniques in
Ethnomusicology
Prof. Stephen Blum 4 credits [90299]
Monday, 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.
74100
Introduction to the Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Prof. Shaugn O'Donnell 4 credits [90309]
Thursday 2-5pm. Room 3389.
A survey of basic theoretical approaches to post-tonal
music through analytical, compositional, and ear-training exercises.
Classic prewar repertoire will comprise the core of the syllabus, though
not exclusively, and we will explore secondary literature by Babbitt,
Lewin, Morris, and others. Limited to doctoral students in music.
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.
81503 Performance Practice:
Classic/Early Romantic
Prof. Raymond Erickson 3 credits
[90320]
Tuesday, 2-5pm. Room 3491.
Study of the traditions of performance practices from 1750-1830, with special emphasis on
Mozart and Beethoven. Considerations will be given to the theoretical and practical
documents; the development of instruments and related implications for performance
practice; questions of tempo, ornamentation, music and dance; and the role of
improvisation. Class performances will play a major role in the course.
81502
Aesthetics of Film Music
Prof. Royal Brown 3 credits [90319]
Tuesday, 2-5pm. Room 3389.
83100 Readings in
Musical Ethnography
Prof. Stephen Blum 3 credits [90321]
Wednesday
10am-1pm. Room 3491.
Members of the seminar will jointly read
and discuss several musical ethnographies published in the last two
decades (mainly monographs, supplemented by a few articles); students
should be prepared to purchase their own copies of at least half a dozen
books. Each student will also read and report separately on a monograph
dealing with his or her main area of interest, or a closely related
area. The aim of the seminar is to assess the current state of the art
of musical ethnography in North America and Europe. Grades will be based
on each student’s contributions to the class discussions.
Pre- or co-requisite:
71200 or consent of instructor.
74500
Intro to Schenkerian Analysis
Prof. L. Poundie Burstein 4 credits
[90314]
Monday, 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 students; students must attend first day of class.
85900
Advanced Schenkerian Analysis
Prof. William Rothstein 3 credits
Wednesday 2-5pm. Room 3491.
A continuation of Intermediate Schenkerian Analysis. Works posing
special difficulties will be analyzed. Theoretical writings by Schenker
and others will be discussed. Relations between Schenker's theory and
other theories, both earlier and later, will be explored.
Instructor's permission required.
Prerequisite: Schenker 2 (Intermediate Schenkerian Analysis).
86200
Aspects of Iberian and Catalan Music
(Seminar in Music History and Ethnomusicology: Studies in the Music of
Spain)
Prof. Manuel and Prof. Piza 3 credits [90328]
Monday, 2-5pm. Room 3491.
A survey of the popular and art music
traditions of Spain, with special attention to flamenco, zarzuela,
opera, and the vihuela, guitar, and keyboard repertoires, as well as
critical issues such as nationalism, exoticism, the role of Spain in the
European imagination, and of Latin America in the Spanish musical
imagination. Special attention will be given to lesser-known composers
such as Sancho, Guerau, Literes, Martín i Soler, and Valls, among many
others, as well as the intellectual role of scholars such as Saldoni,
Mitjana, Pedrell, and Barbieri in the construction of a national musical
identity. Taking as a premise the multi-cultural, multi-linguistic
constitution of the Iberian Peninsula, the course will also investigate
aspects of musical interactions with Latin America and the greater
Mediterranean region, as well as the roles of Christian, Islamic, and
Jewish cultures.
86600
Sketches/Fragments/Fantasy
Prof.
Richard Kramer 3 credits [90330]
Thursday, 2-5pm. Room 3491.
Studies in the aesthetics and pragmatics of composition, in
the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach and "free" fantasy, sonata, and the claims of improvisation, of
varied reprise and the idea of obligatory variant. The Mozart fragments
and the puzzles of completion. Cadenza: improvised; composed. The
Beethoven sketchbooks and the quest for the voice of a new style.
Schubert and the allure of the "unfinished"; toward an epistemology of
Romantic fragment. Work with primary music texts will be coupled to
readings in philosophy of creation: Goethe, Diderot, Sulzer, Kant, Fr.
Schlegel, and recent critical studies.
88420
Current Trends in Music Theory
Prof. Joseph Straus 3 credits [90322]
Friday 10am-1pm. Room 3491.
A survey of recent developments in the field of Music Theory. Topics may
include transformation theory, neo-Riemannian theory, Klumpenhouwer
networks, atonal voice leading, embodiment, theoretical approaches to
jazz, rock, pop, non-Western, and early music, recent theories of tonal
form, semiotics, chromatic harmony, gender and sexuality, analysis and
performance, and perception and cognition. The course will feature
guest lectures from within and outside CUNY.
88500
Composers Seminar
Prof. Jeffrey Nichols 3 credits [90335]
Thursday 10am-1pm. Room 3389.
Classes of previous semesters:
Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2005,
Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall
2003, Spring
2003, Fall 2002,
Spring 2002, Fall
2001.
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Music Programs • The Graduate Center,
CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue • New York, New York 10016-4309
(212) 817-8590 • music@gc.cuny.edu
