Studies music cultures of Africa and the Black diaspora, including folk and art music traditions, religious and popular music genres. Specific course topics could cover any or all of these styles, including exploring interconnections of musical stylistics of Africa and the Black Diaspora. Same as MUEL 4012 and MUSC 4012. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Examines the definition, scope, and methods of ethnomusicology, the discipline that focuses on approaches to the study of music theory, history, and performance practices of world cultures. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Examines Native North American musical cultures, emphasizing music as an integral part of religious expression and community life. Same as MUSC 4142. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Studies musical trends and cultural forces influencing jazz, with analysis of improvisational styles, melodic and motivic variations, transcriptions and orchestrations from significant periods in its history. Offered spring terms only. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 3642 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Provides a repertory and analysis of polyphonic music1400-1600. Same as MUSC 4712. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Provides an opportunity to read through, sing, play, study and discuss ancient repertories more intensively than is normally possible in music history lecture classes, seminars or chamber music ensembles. Evaluation is based on active participation, out-of-class research and final in-class group performance projects. Recommended for graduate students in historical musicology and choral conducting. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Examines instrumental and vocal performance practices through the 18th century. Topics may vary from year to year. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Examines the role of women as creators and performers of Western Music. Explores related issues in musicology, including canon formation, reception history, and feminist aesthetics. Same as MUSC 4752. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Provides a seminar in analysis of musical style and history of choral repertory . Those wishing review of literature and repertory may enroll for 4 credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Examines representative operas from the 17th through the 21st centuries. Emphasizes both cultural and analytical aspects and surveys related musicological literature. Same as MUSC 4772. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Offers intensified work in history of music in the 20th century. Topics vary from year to year. Same as MUSC 4802. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Studies literature for orchestra, band, and other symphonic ensembles including pre-Classic, Classic, Romantic and 20th century. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Surveys sources from the ancient Greeks to the early Christian era and music from the 8th to the 14th century. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Offers intensified work in folk, popular, and art music of the United States. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Surveys various philosophies of music in writings of philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, composers, critics and historians. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Examines music and writings about music from the Baroque era. Emphasizes cultural and musical analysis and surveys current musicological literature. Same as MUSC 4852. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Studies European and American music from the last developments of the gallant styles through romanticism and its later 19th century reverberations. Recommended prereq. or coreq., MUSC 3812. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Same as MUSC 4872.
Meets as a seminar and examines selected topics in Classic and Romantic music, 1750-1900. Topics vary from year to year. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Explores music of cultures of the Americas south of the United States and in the diaspora, emphasizing the relationships of music and culture in folk, popular and arts styles. Same as MUSC 4892. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Intensive study of a specialized topic in musicology. Students will be guided in critical reading, historical or ethnographic issues, analysis, oral presentations, and independent research. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 5708 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Music (MUAD, MUED or MUSD) graduate students only.
Required of all musicology majors before completion of comprehensive examinations. A different research area is designated each semester. See also MUSC 7832. Offered fall only. Requisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) graduate students only.
Required of all musicology majors before completion of comprehensive examinations. A different research area is designated each semester. May be repeated up to 18 total credits. See also MUSC 7822. Offered spring terms only. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUED or MUSD) graduate students only.
