FORM AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR

MUSIC 517

Consider the meaning of the words "analysis" and "theory," specifically as they have been applied to the study of music. Gain an overview of music theory in higher education: the origin of contemporary analytical praxis, as well as critiques of that model. Take a deeper dive into current trends in analysis, focusing on non-conforming, ecumenical, and otherwise "non-theoretical" ways of talking and writing about music, including narrative, semiotics, hermeneutics, performance-based schemata, and others.

MUSIC 927

Topics directly related to composition, including musical forms, contemporary performance practice, electronic music, intermedia.

MUSIC 624

Continuation of study of modern analytical techniques; practice in analysis of representative works.

MUSIC 621

Analysis and stylistic composition.

MUSIC 623

Study of modern analytical techniques; practice in analysis of representative works.