Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology

The following are some of the graduate courses offered by the Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology. A complete list of courses offered each semester appears in the online graduate catalog.

Ethnomusicology, Music, MUET

5030. Music Cultures of the World. 3 hours. (3;1) Selected survey of music cultures of the world. Examination of musical traditions from a perspective that emphasizes music as an integral part of society and culture.

5040. Ethnomusicology Studies Abroad. 3-6 hours. Study and experience music cultures in their traditional settings. Field school locations include Africa, India and China. On-site visits to celebrations, ceremonies and rituals are combined with instruction by traditional musicians and guest lectures by cultural bearers. Musical traditions are studied from a perspective that emphasizes participant-observation. Open to majors from all fields of study. No formal musical training required. May be repeated for credit as topics/locations vary.

5050. Music of Africa. 3 hours. Study of musical experience in African life. How does music function in everyday life, in ritual and ceremony? When does music happen and for what reasons? What are the social and political horizons of musical events? How has musical experience changed in contemporary life? These questions will be explored in relation to African music, ranging from the complex vocal polyphony of the Mbuti Pygmies of the Itui Forest to the worldwide explosion of Afro Pop. Open to majors of all fields. No formal musical training is needed to successfully complete this course.

5060. African-American Music. 3 hours. Exploration of the experiences of blacks in the Americas vis-à-vis music. In particular, critical examination of the long trajectory of "black music" in the United States, making reference first to its West African antecedents. Consideration of ways that the term "black music" is deployed politically and its appropriateness as a descriptive and analytical category. Exploring the permeability of the sacred and secular in African American cultural experience, we will interrogate the musical, philosophical, and behavioral links between a Saturday night crowd and a Sunday morning people.

5070. Studies in Asian Music. 3 hours. Historical developments and current issues in Asian music. Select music cultures are studied from an ethnomusicological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5210. Seminar in Ethnomusicology. 3 hours. Selected topics in ethnomusicology: current theoretical and practical issues in the discipline. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5220. Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods. 3 hours. Exploration of the relationship between shifting theoretical research paradigms and how they have affected field methodology. Close readings of representative ethnographies, several short field assignments and reports, and a field research project, resulting in a final paper.

5230. Ethnomusicology Transcription and Analysis. 3 hours. History of musical transcription in ethnomusicology; theoretical approaches to sound recordings and their analysis; practical instruction in transcription, including technological applications.

5900. Ethnomusicology Special Problems. 3 hours. Special problems in ethnomusicology.

Music History and Literature, and Musicology, MUMH

5010. Introduction to Research in Music. 3 hours. Introduction to research techniques and application.

5020. Introduction to Musicology. 3 hours. Critical assessment of current issues, methodologies and themes in musicological research. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5010 or consent of college.

5110. History of Opera. 3 hours. Examination of selected topics in the history of opera. Topics vary by semester.

5120. History of the Symphony. 3 hours. In-depth examination, at the graduate level, of the history of the symphony. Specific topics vary by semester.

5150. Music Criticism and the Aesthetics of Music. 3 hours. Nature of music; relation to architecture, painting, literature and sculpture; design, craftsmanship and criteria in music composition.

5330. Studies in Music History: Medieval, Renaissance or Baroque. 3 hours. Historical, stylistic and analytical study of music from one of the following periods: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque. Period offerings rotate by semester. Lectures with required listening.

5331. Western Music History, 750-1400. 3 hours. Historical, stylistic and analytical study of music, 750-1400.

5332. Western Music History, 1400-1600. 3 hours. Historical, stylistic and analytical study of music, 1400-1600.

5333. Western Music History, 1600-1700. 3 hours. Historical, stylistic and analytical study of music, 1600-1700.

5340. Studies in Music History: Classical, Romantic or 20th Century. 3 hours. Historical, stylistic and analytical study of music from one of the following periods: Classical, Romantic, 20th Century. Period offerings rotate by semester. Lectures with required listening.

5341. Western Music History, 1700-1800. 3 hours. Historical, stylistic and analytical study of music, 1700-1800.

5342. Western Music History, 1800-1900. 3 hours. Historical, stylistic and analytical study of music, 1800-1900.

5343. Western Music History, 1900 to the Present. 3 hours. Historical, stylistic and analytical study of music, 1900 to the present.

5430. Music in Latin America. 3 hours. Examination of selected topics in the history of music by Latin American composers. Topics vary by semester.

5440. Music in the United States. 3 hours. Examination of selected topics in the history of music in the United States. Topics vary by semester.

5550. History of Musical Instruments. 3 hours. Musical instruments in Western culture from the earliest times; their evolution, influence and use in the central European tradition. Taxonomy, acoustics, design and construction, musical and organological literature.

5610. Improvisation and Ornamentation 1500-1800. 3 hours. Improvisation and ornamentation practices of the Renaissance, Baroque and classical periods. Students write and perform ornamentations weekly. Prerequisite(s): admittance to MM in musicology, DMA or MM related fields in early music or permission of instructor.

5711. Seminar in Musicology. 3 hours. Practical application of musicological techniques to selected research areas; a proseminar.

5900-5910. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each.

6000-6010. Notation. 3 hours each. From 1200 to 1600 A.D.; transcriptions by the student into modern notation. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5330 or examination.

6020. Medieval Music. 3 hours. Seminar on selected topics in medieval music. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5330 or examination.

6030. Renaissance Music. 3 hours. Seminar on selected topics in Renaissance music. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5330 or examination.

6080. Chamber Music. 3 hours. Historical, analytical and aesthetic studies of selected chamber music. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5340 or examination.

6160. Major Composers. 3 hours. Historical, analytical and aesthetic studies of a selected major composer. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5340 or examination.

6520. Performance Practice: Medieval/Renaissance. 3 hours. Study of medieval and Renaissance performance practices. Prerequisite(s): consent of college.

6530. Performance Practice: Baroque. 3 hours. Study of baroque performance practices. Prerequisite(s): consent of college.

6540. Performance Practice: 1750 to Present. 3 hours. Study of classical, romantic and 20th-century performance practices. Prerequisite(s): consent of college.

6610. Direction of University Early Music Ensembles. 3 hours. Philosophies, techniques, instruments and maintenance, sources, and programming for directing early music ensembles at the collegiate level. Prerequisite(s): admittance to PhD in musicology or permission of instructor.

6740. Baroque Music. 3 hours. Seminar on selected topics in baroque music. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5330 or examination.

6750. Classical Music. 3 hours. Seminar on selected topics in classical music. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5340 or examination.

6760. Music of the Romantic Era. 3 hours. Seminar on selected topics in 19th-century music. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5340 or examination.

6770. Music of the Twentieth Century. 3 hours. Seminar on selected topics in 20th-century music. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5340 or examination.

6900-6910. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each.

Theory, Music, MUTH

[b]New for Spring 2012[/b: ]MUTH 6680: Music and Phenomenology
Instructor: Dr. David Schwarz

Phenomenology is literally the study of phenomena, the study not of things, not of essences, but the world as it appears to us through our senses. Prominent theorists have described what we experience as a series of moments between the past and the future. In fact much phenomenology deals with time in general and music in particular.

In this seminar we will bring readings in phenomenology together with analyses of a wide variety of musical works. We will read classical works in phenomenology, including writings by Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, John-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. We will also read more recent works in phenomenology, particularly those that apply its rigor to music including Itzhak Miller, David Lewin, Thomas Clifton, and Brian Kane.

We will study short, “straightforward” diatonic works in order to be rigorous about what and how we are hearing what we are hearing. David Lewin, for example wrote a book length study of Schubert’s “Morgengruss” (which we shall read). We will also listen to a wide variety of works in a wide variety of styles in order to test the rigors of phenomenology in challenging contexts.

Each student will write a seminar paper to be submitted for presentation at a regional, national, international venue or for publication in a professional journal.

The course is open to all doctoral students in the College of Music; permission of the instructor is required. See David Schwarz MU 104; ; 940 369-7299.

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5080. Pedagogy of Theory. 3 hours. Concepts and methodologies relative to the teaching of music theory in the core curriculum; compilation of teaching materials. Prerequisite(s): satisfactory score on Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

5090. Problems in Pedagogy of Theory. 3 hours. Observation, practice and supervised teaching of freshman/sophomore large-lecture, classroom and lab courses. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 5080. May be repeated for credit as teaching assignments vary.

5110. Score Reading at the Keyboard. 1 hour. Practical application of figured bass and score reading at the keyboard from two parts (C and Bass and Treble clefs) to the classic period symphony.

5355. Analytical Techniques I (Ars Antiqua-1700). 3 hours. Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written 900-1700. Prerequisite(s): satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

5360. Analytical Techniques II (1700-1900). 3 hours. Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written 1700-1900. Prerequisite(s): satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

5370. Analytical Techniques III (Post 1900). 3 hours. Application of appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies in music written after 1900. Prerequisite(s): satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383. MUTH 5360 recommended. MUTH 4520 or consent of instructor.

5381. Music Theory Practicum: Analysis. 1 hour. (2;0) Theoretical principles of music from the l7th through early 20th centuries and their application through analysis.

5382. Music Theory Practicum: Aural Skills. 1 hour. (2;0) Theoretical principles of the 17th through early 20th centuries and their application through aural comprehension.

5383. Music Theory Practicum: Keyboard. 1 hour. (1;0) Theoretical principles of the 17th through early 20th centuries and their application through realization at the keyboard.

5400. Invertible Counterpoint and Fugue. 3 hours. Advanced techniques in contrapuntal writing in 18th-century style. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 3420; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

5470. Advanced Schenkerian Analysis. 3 hours. Advanced analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 4370; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

5720. Computer-Assisted Instruction in Music. 3 hours. Survey of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) systems for music. Development of programming and evaluative skills necessary to develop complete CAI systems for music instruction. Prerequisite(s): CSCI 5030, CECS 5110 or CSCI 5330; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

5900-5910. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each.

6500. Form and Style Analysis I. 3 hours. Identification of structural principles and compositional idioms characteristic of historical eras and representative composers from Ars Antiqua through the early baroque. Prerequisite(s): satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

6510. Form and Style Analysis II. 3 hours. Identification of structural principles and compositional idioms characteristic of historical eras and representative composers from the late baroque through the 20th century. Prerequisite(s): satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

6660. History of Music Theory. 3 hours. Theoretical systems and treatises from antiquity to the late 15th century and analysis of related compositions. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5410 or 5420 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

6670. History of Music Theory. 3 hours. Theoretical systems and treatises from the 16th to early 18th century and analysis of related compositions. Prerequisite(s): MUMH 5410 or 5420 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent; satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383.

6680. Proseminar in Music Theory. 3 hours. Investigation and research; subject matter variable to meet needs of students. Prerequisite(s): satisfactory score on the Graduate Placement Examination, or MUTH 5381, 5382 and 5383. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

6700. Analytical Systems I (1700-1900). 3 hours. Examination of analytical systems from the middle works of Rameau to the harmonic theories of Riemann, Schenker and Schoenberg. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 5360, and MUMH 5410 or 5420 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent.

6710. Analytical Systems II (Post 1900). 3 hours. Examination of analytical systems in the 20th century. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 5370, and MUMH 5410 or 5420 (current enrollment is acceptable), or equivalent.

6900-6910. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each.