Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0278 - Div. II & III music seminar: analysis and application

Musical analysis is, essentially, the attempt to bridge the gap between our intuitions about music and our conscious knowledge of it. In analyzing works that we feel to be intrinsically worthwhile we are trying to correlate our subjective responses with observable analytical properties in the music. This course explores a number of well-established approaches to musical analysis through guided listening, notation-based analyses, discussion, and some compositional exercises. In addition, through consultation with the instructor, each student designs and pursues their individual research project. The final product of their individual project can take the form of an analytical essay, musical composition to apply certain elements they analyzed, or performance of a piece(s) that they analyzed. In order to achieve these goals successfully, students should be comfortable in reading music to a certain level. Similarly, a good understanding of tonal theory (200 level or higher) will be helpful. Instructor's permission required. Keywords:Music, music analysis

Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time