MUSIC 4103

Topics in Post-Tonal Theory

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

This seminar examines theories core to the creation and analysis of music of the 20th and 21st centuries known as "post-tonal" (here defined as a wide range of musics employing techniques distinct from the tonal and formal approaches specific to the 18th and 19th century concert tradition). To understand both the possibilities and limits of traditional analysis, the course addresses canonical works and styles, while also investigating the applicability of such theories, and alternate methods, to other works and genres (including music in which notation is not central -- potentially embracing improvisational forms; experimental jazz, pop, rock and film; or certain non-Western musics) through creative analysis, listening, readings, and compositional experimentation. 

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (LA-AS)

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