Course Descriptions
MUSIC 1100 Elements of Musical Notation
Fall or spring, weeks 2-5. 1 credit. Corequisite: any 3-credit music course and permission of instructor. Staff.
This four-week course, given at the beginning of each semester, fulfills the requirement of basic pitch, rhythm, and score-reading skills needed for some introductory courses and 2000-level courses with prerequisites.
MUSIC 1101 Fundamentals of Music (LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits. No previous training in music required. M. Hatch.
An introduction to the theory of music from around the world: the structures of melody and rhythm (pulse, meter, scales, modes, texture, timbre, harmony, form) and the influences of audiences, music technologies (including instruments), reasons, and contexts for music making on instrumental and vocal music from classical, folk, traditional, and popular music of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Extensive listening and video examples.
MUSIC 1105 Introduction to Music Theory (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Recommended: experience in reading music; students may take MUSIC 1100 concurrently. J. Webster.
An elementary, self-contained introduction to the theory of Western art music, emphasizing fundamental musical techniques, theoretical concepts, and their application. Intervals, scales, triads; basic concepts of tonality and form; analysis of representative works.
MUSIC 1201 Hildegard to Handel # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ability to read music or concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 1100. Next offered 2010-2011. R. Harris-Warrick.
The main trends in Western music from the beginnings of musical staff notation in the 10th century to the mid-18th century. Emphasis on the evolution of musical styles and the changing social, cultural, economic, and political conditions that gave rise to those styles. Topics include Gregorian chant, organum, Ars nova, Renaissance polyphony, the invention of opera, and the rise of instrumental music.
MUSIC 1202 Monteverdi to Minimalism # (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ability to read music or concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 1100 or successful completion of another college-level music course. W. Cowdery.
A synoptic romp through the history of Western art music from the late Renaissance to the day before yesterday. Works emphasized: Monetverdi’s Orfeo (1607), Handel’s Messiah (1742), Mozart’s Don Giovanni (1787), Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (1824), Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique (1830), Wagner’s Das Rheingold (1876), Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (1913), Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra (1943), the sinfonias of Roberto Sierra, and new works commissioned by and for the class.
MUSIC 1301 Introduction to World Music I: Africa and the Americas (also LSP 1301) @ (CA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 3 credits. No previous training in music required. Next offered 2010-2011. S. Pond.
This course centers on folk, popular, and traditional musical genres of the Western Hemisphere, particularly the African diaspora. It examines both the elements of musical styles and the features of society that influence music. Listening and writing assignments are major components of the course.
MUSIC 1302 Introduction to World Music II: Asia (also ASIAN 1192) @ (CA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 3 credits. No previous training in music required. Next offered 2011-2012. M. Hatch.
An exploration of folk, popular, and traditional musical genres from South, Southeast, and East Asia.
MUSIC 1311 Popular Music in America: A Historical Survey (also AMST 1311) # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 3 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. S. Pond.
This is a general introductory course addressing the broad range of styles described as popular music, as it has developed in the United States.
MUSIC 1312 History of Rock Music (also AMST 1312) (LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits. No previous training in music required. J. Peraino.
This course examines the development and cultural significance of rock music from its origins in blues, gospel, and Tin Pan Alley up to alternative rock and hip hop. The course concludes with the year 2000.
MUSIC 1313 A Survey of Jazz (also AMST 1313) (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. No previous training in music required. S. Pond.
This course addresses jazz from two perspectives: the various sounds of jazz, as well as the historical streams-musical and cultural-that have contributed to its development. Listening and writing assignments are major components of the course.
MUSIC 1341 Gamelan in Indonesian History and Cultures (also ASIAN 2245, VISST 2744) @ (LA-AS)
Fall or spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. No previous knowledge of musical notation or performance experience necessary. C. Miller.
An introduction to Indonesia through its art. Elementary techniques of performance on the Indonesian gamelan; a general introduction to Indonesian history and cultures, and the sociocultural contexts for the arts there. Several short papers and one longer research report are required. Instruction by visiting Balinese musician.
MUSIC 1421 Introduction to Computer Music (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Recommended: ability to read music. K. Ernste.
A composition-based introduction to computer hardware and software for digital sound and digital media. Fundamentals of MIDI sequencing and other techniques for producing electroacoustic music. Each student creates several short compositions.
MUSIC 1465 Computing in the Arts (also CS/CIS/ENGRI 1610, FILM 1750, PSYCH 1650)
Fall. 3 credits. G. Bailey.
For description, see CS 1610.
MUSIC 1466 Physics of Musical Sound (also PHYS 1204) (PBS)
Spring. 3 credits. K. Selby.
For description, see PHYS 1204.
2000
MUSIC 2101 Tonal Theory I (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisites: admission by departmental diagnostic exam and concurrent enrollment in or previous credit for MUSIC 2103, or equivalent. Intended for students expecting to major in music and other qualified students. Staff.
Detailed study of the fundamental elements of modal and tonal music: rhythm, scales, intervals, triads; melodic principles and two-part counterpoint; diatonic harmony and four-part voice leading; basic formal structures. Study engages different repertories, including Western art music as well as non-Western and popular traditions.
MUSIC 2102 Tonal Theory II (LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisites: MUSIC 2101 and 2103 or equivalent; concurrent enrollment in or previous credit for MUSIC 2104. Intended for students expecting to major in music and other qualified students. A grade of B- or better in MUSIC 2102 is required for admission to music major. Staff.
Continued study of voice leading and harmonic progression, including diatonic modulation; analysis of binary and ternary forms as well as jazz, blues, and pop phrase models.
MUSIC 2103 Musicianship I
Fall. 2 credits. Pre- or corequisite: MUSIC 2101. Intended for students expecting to major in music and other qualified students. Staff.
Sight singing: diatonic melodies in treble, alto, and bass clefs. Keyboard: scales, triads, seventh chords, short diatonic chord progressions. Dictation: intervals, rhythms; short diatonic melodies; short diatonic chorale phrases. Score reading: two parts using treble, alto, and bass clefs. Musical terms: tempo markings and rhythmic terminology.
MUSIC 2104 Musicianship II
Spring. 2 credits. Pre- or corequisite: MUSIC 2102. Intended for students expecting to major in music and other qualified students. A grade of B- or better in MUSIC 2104, and failure in no individual musicianship components of the course, are required for admission to the music major. Staff.
Sight singing: longer melodies in three clefs, including diatonic modulation. Keyboard: diatonic chord progressions and sequences. Dictation: intervals, rhythms; longer melodies; chorale phrases with diatonic modulation. Score reading: three parts using treble, alto, and bass clefs. Transcriptions of pop, jazz, and other genres.
MUSIC 2221 Bach and Handel # (LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: any 3-credit music course or permission of instructor. D. Yearsley.
Both composers created oeuvres of incomparable richness and diversity. By examining in depth selected masterpieces, this course hopes to offer new perspectives on the continued relevance and vital rewards of their music, both instrumental and vocal, sacred and secular.
MUSIC 2222 Haydn and Mozart # (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: any 3-credit music course or permission of instructor. J. Webster.
A survey of the lives, works, and historical roles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
MUSIC 2223 Beethoven # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: any 3-credit music course or permission of instructor. Next offered 2011-2012. J. Webster.
A survey of Beethoven’s life, works, and influence. While the primary focus is his musical style and its development, the course also covers social-cultural factors and the psychology and reception of genius.
MUSIC 2224 Mozart in History, History in Mozart (also HIST 2224)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ability to read music or concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 1100 or successful completion of another college-level music course. Next offered 2010-2011. N. Zaslaw.
An exploration of the phenomenon that is Wolfgang AmadË Mozart, using historical documents to contextualize his life and works while using the extensive documentation of his life and works to learn about history.
MUSIC 2231 Musical Romantics # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ability to read music or concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 1100. Next offered 2011-2012. Staff.
MUSIC 2241 Opera (also THETR 2730) # (LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits. No prerequisite. R. Harris-Warrick.
Opera has been enthralling audiences for 400 years; this course explores the muliple facets of its appeal. Using seven operas as the focus-chosen from different periods, national traditions, and styles-the class will examine the texts that have been turned into operas, the musical conventions that have guided composers (or against which they have worked), and the decisions directors make when they put operas on stage. Each work will be seen as well as heard-either in a special screening or, at least once in the semester, in a live performance.
MUSIC 2242 The Orchestra and Its Music # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: any 3-credit music course or permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. N. Zaslaw.
The music of, and the social structures supporting, large instrumental ensembles in the Western world from the 16th century to the present.
MUSIC 2244 The Organ in Western Culture # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. A. Richards and D. Yearsley.
MUSIC 2501 Discovering Hip-Hop: Research and the Cornell Hip-Hop Collection
Fall. 3 credits. Limited to 15 students. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. S. Pond.
The course addresses research issues and methodologies through the lens of Cornell’s Hip-Hop Collection, a gift of collector and author Johan Kugelbert, which is housed in Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. The collection features a significant archive on the history of hip-hop and rap music, documenting its emergence in the Bronx in the 1970s and early 1980s. It includes sound recordings, a key photographic archive, textile art, books, magazines, and more than five hundred original flyers. The course provides students opportunities to gain new insights into hip-hop culture, while also introducing them to research and curatorial methodologies and goals.
MUSIC 2421 Computers in Music Performance (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 3 credits. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. K. Ernste.
A course in live performance and real-time, interactive sound manipulation techniques.
3000
MUSIC 3101 Tonal Theory III (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisites: MUSIC 2102 and 2104 or equivalent. Corequisite: MUSIC 3103. Staff.
Continuation of diatonic and introduction to chromatic harmony; species counterpoint; composition in small forms.
MUSIC 3102 Tonal Theory IV (LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisites: MUSIC 3101 and 3103 or equivalent. Corequisite: MUSIC 3104. Staff.
Study of and composition in larger forms, including sonata form; systematic study of chromatic harmony, voice-leading, and modulation; composition in chromatic style.
MUSIC 3103 Musicianship III
Fall. 2 credits. Pre- or corequisite: MUSIC 3101. Staff.
Sight singing: melodies with chromaticism in treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs. Keyboard: diatonic modulation, chromatic chords. Dictation: melodies with modulation; chorale phrases with secondary dominants and other chromatic chords. Score reading: four parts using treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs. Musical terms: orchestral ranges, terms, clefs, and transpositions.
MUSIC 3104 Musicianship IV
Spring. 2 credits. Pre- or corequisite: MUSIC 3102. Staff.
Sight singing: melodies in four clefs, including modality and chromatic modulation. Keyboard: chromatic sequences, chromatic modulations, improvised modulations employing diatonic pivot chords. Dictation: intervals, rhythms, short melodies, and short, diatonic chorale phrases. Score reading: four parts, including transposing instruments. Musical terms: other terms in French, German, and Italian.
MUSIC 3111 Jazz Improvisation I
Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 2101 or permission of instructor. P. Merrill.
An introduction to fundamental jazz theory, technique, and applied skills.
MUSIC 3112 Jazz Improvisation II
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 3111. Next offered 2010-2011. P. Merrill.
Continuation of jazz theory, technique, and applied skills. Class work and assignments emphasize altered upper-structures and dominants, chords and modes of melodic minor, harmonic minor, substitutions, and advanced rhythmic development. Performance, composition, analysis, transcribing, listening, and ear training.
MUSIC 3113 Jazz Improvisation III
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 3112. Next offered 2010-2011. P. Merrill.
Class work and assignments emphasize Coltrane and post-Coltrane harmony, advanced rhythmic development, augmented vocabulary, and an introduction to playing “free.”
MUSIC 3115 Jazz Piano
Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 2101 or permission of instructor. P. Merrill.
An introduction to jazz keyboard technique, intended primarily for jazz instrumentalists with little or no keyboard experience and pianists with little or no jazz experience.
MUSIC 3201 Survey of Western Music I # (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits. Pre- or corequisite: MUSIC 2101/2103 or permission of instructor. J. Peraino.
A survey of Western music and its social contexts from the beginning of notation (circa 900) to 1700. Topics include sacred chant, secular song, polyphony, madrigals, early opera, and the development of independent instrumental music. The course emphasizes listening and comprehension of genres and styles, and is intended for music majors and qualified nonmajors.
MUSIC 3202 Survey of Western Music II # (LA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits. Pre- or corequisite: MUSIC 2102/2104 or permission of instructor. A. Richards.
A survey of Western music and its social contexts from 1700 to the present. Topics include the decline of church music, the rise of public concerts and opera, the evolution of the orchestra, and modernism in the 20th century. The course, which emphasizes listening and comprehension of genres and styles, is intended for music majors and qualified nonmajors.
MUSIC 3211 Proseminar in Musicology (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 3201-3202. D. Yearsley.
Introduction to methods in musicology, including historiography, criticism, approaches to vernacular and non-western musics, and gender studies.
MUSIC 3222 Opera and Culture (also GERST/THETR 3740) # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: any 3-credit music course or proficiency in German or Italian. Next offered 2011-2012. A. Groos.
For description, see GERST 3740.
MUSIC 3231 Topics in Western Art Music to 1750 #
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 2102 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. Staff.
MUSIC 3232 Topics in Western Art Music 1750-Present
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 2102 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. Staff.
MUSIC 3242 (390) Culture of the Renaissance II (also ARTH 3420, COML/FREN/RELST 3620, HIST 3640) # (CA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. K. Long and W. J. Kennedy.
MUSIC 3245 Words and Music (also GERST 3600) # (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits. A. Groos.
For description, see GERST 3600.
MUSIC 3301 Topics in Popular Music and Jazz
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 2102/2104 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. S. Pond.
This course addresses various topics, centering on the post-World War II years to ca. 1970. Topic for 2008: Post-WWII Rhythm-and-Blues to Funk. The course investigates the various sounds of black popular music in the post-World War II period, its antecedents, interactions with other popular musics, and influences on later developments, principally to the mid-1970s. The historical focus engages with R&B in terms of ethnicity, class, nationalism, racial politics, aesthetics, gender, and genre. The course is both reading and listening based, with opportunities for music-making as well. The course entails a significant writing component. It partially satisfies the Music major history requirement. Since the course addresses different topics in different years, it may be taken more than once for credit.
MUSIC 3421 Scoring the Moving Image (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Next offered 2011-2012. K. Ernste.
A course in composing music for multimedia: film, animation, theater, dance, art, design, and/or games. MUSIC 3421 is appropriate as a continuation for those who have taken MUSIC 1421 or 2421, but is open to others by permission.
MUSIC 3431 Sound Design and Digital Audio (also DANCE/THETR 3680) (LA-AS)
Fall and Spring. 3 credits. W. Cross.
For description, see THETR 3680.
MUSIC 3441 Interactive Performance Technology (also DANCE 3560, THETR 3690) (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. W. Cross and A. Fogelsanger.
For description, see THETR 3690.
MUSIC 3501, 3502, and 4501 Individual Instruction
Prerequisite: advanced students only; may register after successful audition with instructor, or, if student needs to study outside Cornell, with appropriate faculty sponsor. Students should contact instructor or music department office for audition information. Students may register for these courses in successive semesters or years. Music majors who demonstrate an advanced level of performance in an audition may be granted a waiver of lesson fees. (Effective Fall 2010)
MUSIC 3513 Music and Choreography (also DANCE 3530) (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Attendance at dance concerts and music concerts required. A. Fogelsanger.
For description, see DANCE 3530.
MUSIC 3602 Chorus
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. S. Tucker.
A treble-voice chorus specializing in music for women’s voices and in mixed-voice repertory.
MUSIC 3603 Glee Club
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. S. Tucker.
A male-voice chorus specializing in music for men’s voices and in mixed-voice repertory.
MUSIC 3604 Chorale
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. H. Jancaitis.
Study and performance of selected choral music for mixed voices.
MUSIC 3610 Gamelan Ensemble
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. C. Miller.
Advanced performance on the Indonesian gamelan. Audio recordings of gamelan and elementary number notation are provided.
MUSIC 3611 World Music Choir
Spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. S. Tucker.
A mixed-voice chorus whose repertoire is drawn from Africa, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Music reading skills are not necessary, but a good ear is essential.
MUSIC 3612 World Drum and Dance Ensemble
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. T. Feeney.
WDDE focuses in 2008-09 on traditional music and dance of the Anlo-Ewe culture of southern Ghana. WDDE rehearses weekly for performance as ready throughout the semester. No prior experience is necessary, and all members of the group will sing, drum, and dance.
MUSIC 3613 Cornell Steel Bands
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: audition with instructor. T. Feeney.
The Cornell Steel Bands perform traditional music from Trinidad for steel pans, including calypso and soca, as well as repertoire expanding the boundaries of the instruments. The group includes the standard steel pan orchestra, as well as an “engine room” consisting of drumset, congas, irons (brake drums), and other percussion instruments.
MUSIC 3614 Middle Eastern Music Ensemble (also NES 3914/4948)
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. G. Holst-Warhaft.
Performance of diverse musical traditions from the Middle East. Instruction in individual instruments (oud, ney, kanoun, and percussion) and group rehearsals, culminating in one or two performances per semester. Songs are taught in several languages, with the assistance of local language and diction teachers.
MUSIC 3615 Jazz Ensemble II
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. P. Merrill.
Study and performance of classic and contemporary big band literature. Rehearsal once a week with one to two performances a semester.
MUSIC 3621 Symphony Orchestra
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. C. Kim.
Study and performance of a broad repertoire of orchestral works from Beethoven to the present.
MUSIC 3631 Wind Symphony
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. C. Johnston Turner.
MUSIC 3633 Wind Ensemble
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition; previous background in percussion. C. Johnston Turner.
MUSIC 3634 Percussion Ensemble
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: audition with instructor. Corequisite: enrollment in a Cornell large ensemble (orchestras, wind ensemble/symphony, jazz bands, or choral group). Previous background in percussion is required. T. Feeney.
The Percussion Ensemble performs pieces from the growing percussion repertory, exploring the breadth and depth of its possibilities for percussionists. Concerts might involve collaborations with composers and other instrumentalists, improvisation, or student-initiated ideas for performance.
MUSIC 3901 Supplemental Study in Music History
Fall or spring. 1 credit. Prerequisite: MUSIC 2101 or permission of instructor. Corequisite: enrollment in an approved 1000- or 2000-level 3-credit music history course. Staff.
Intended primarily for music majors, this option allows students enrolled in an approved 1000- or 2000-level 3-credit music history course to study the material at a more advanced level through supplementary reading, discussion, and writing, by arrangement with the professor.
4000
MUSIC 4101 Counterpoint # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 2101 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. S. Stucky.
MUSIC 4102 Topics in Music Analysis (also MUSIC 6101) (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 2101 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. J. Webster.
MUSIC 4103 Topics in Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis (also MUSIC 7102) (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisites: MUSIC 3102 and 3104. Next offered 2011-2012. Staff.
MUSIC 4111 Composition (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 3101 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. S. Stucky.
Principles of composition, approached through traditional forms (variation, sonata) and through the imitation of specific 20th-century styles. May be taken more than once for credit, by permission and if taught by a different instructor.
MUSIC 4121 Conducting (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 3101 or equivalent. Next offered 2011-2012. C. Johnston Turner.
Covers fundamentals of score reading, score analysis, rehearsal procedures, and conducting technique; instrumental and choral contexts.
MUSIC 4122 Orchestration (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 3101 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. R. Sierra.
Orchestration based on 19th- and 20th-century models.
MUSIC 4123 Jazz Arranging (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 3111 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2011-2012. P. Merrill.
A survey of jazz arranging techniques for the big band.
MUSIC 4181 Psychology of Music (also PSYCH 4180/6180) (KCM-AS)
Fall. 3 or 4 credits, depending on whether student elects to do an independent project. C. L. Krumhansl.
For description, see PSYCH 4180.
MUSIC 4211 Senior Seminar
Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisite: MUSIC 3211. N. Zaslaw.
Investigations of Mozart as man, musician, myth, icon, and commodity.
MUSIC 4222 Music and Monstrous Imaginings # (LA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: ability to follow a musical score. Next offered 2010-2011. A. Richards.
Explores intersections between musical, literary, and visual culture at the margins of the rational in the 18th and early 19th centuries. How do the monstrous, mad, and fantastical figure in cultural theory and practice of the period? What are the implications of theories of genius and imagination for the conception of ‘eccentric’ works of art, especially musical ones?
MUSIC 4231 Music and Queer Identity (CA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. J. Peraino.
MUSIC 4232 Women and Music (CA-AS)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Next offered 2011-2012. J. Peraino.
MUSIC 4301 Introduction to Ethnomusicology (also MUSIC 6301) @ (SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits. M. Hatch.
For description, see MUSIC 6301.
MUSIC 4511 Early Dance (also DANCE 4399)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 1 credit. Next offered 2010-2011. R. L. and R. M. Harris-Warrick.
Topic: Baroque Dance. This course introduces students to the basic movement vocabulary of dances from Western Europe during the Baroque period. It will consider the contexts in which such dances were performed, the music that accompanied the dance, and issues of how to reconstruct dances from the past. It is primarily a movement course, but will involve some reading from primary sources. The course may be repeated for credit.
MUSIC 4601 Chamber Singers
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. H. Jancaitis.
A mixed-voice chamber choir specializing in Renaissance and 20th-century music.
MUSIC 4615 Jazz Ensemble I
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. P. Merrill.
Study and performance of classic and contemporary big band literature. Rehearsals twice a week with two to four performances per semester.
MUSIC 4616 Jazz Combos
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. P. Merrill.
Study and performance of classic and contemporary small-group jazz.
MUSIC 4621 Chamber Orchestra
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. C. Kim.
Study and performance of chamber orchestra works from the baroque period to the present.
MUSIC 4631 Chamber Winds
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Corequisites: enrollment in a Cornell large ensemble (orchestra, wind ensemble/symphony, jazz band, or choral group), and permission of instructor. Coordinator: C. Johnston Turner.
Flexible instrumentation ensembles perform original woodwind, brass, and percussion music. The ensembles participate in Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble concerts in addition to several chamber concerts throughout the year.
MUSIC 4641 Instruction in Gamelan Instruments
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Fall, staff; spring, C. Miller.
Concentrated instruction for students in advanced techniques of performance on Indonesian gamelan instruments.
MUSIC 4651 Chamber Music Ensembles
Fall and spring. Either 0 credits, S-U, or 1 credit, letter grade, each semester. Prerequisite: successful audition. Coordinator: M. Yampolsky.
Study and performance of chamber music works from duos to octets, for pianists, string, and wind players.
MUSIC 4901 Independent Study in Music
Fall or spring. 1-4 credits. Prerequisite: departmental approval; experience in proposed area of study. Staff.
Independent study affords students the opportunity to pursue special interests or research not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student’s instructor for the independent course, must approve the proposed study and agree to provide continuing supervision of the work. Students must prepare a proposal for independent study; forms are available in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Advising, 55 and 172 Goldwin Smith Hall.
MUSIC 4911-4912 Honors in Music
Fall and spring. 8 credits per year. Prerequisite: senior honors candidates. Staff.
6000
MUSIC 6101 Analytical Technique (also MUSIC 4102)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. J. Webster.
MUSIC 6201 Introduction to Bibliography and Research
Fall. 4 credits. B. Boettcher.
This course explores the nature of the discipline and introduces the many types of bibliographic tools, both printed and electronic, needed to pursue research in music.
MUSIC 6301 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Spring. 4 credits. M. Hatch.
This course introduces the terminology for and approaches to describing and analyzing the varieties of music in the cultures of the world. First, a survey of the repertories of music that ethnomusicologists have recorded and written about and the methods that they have used. Then, tailored to the interests of each student in the class, a more systematic consideration of the music in one or another region or culture in the world.
MUSIC 6420 Techniques for Computer Music
Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. K. Ernste.
Intended principally for doctoral students in music composition but open to others by permission. The course presents a practical overview of both classical and state-of-the-art techniques for computer music including digital synthesis, signal processing and sound manipulation, analysis and resynthesis, spatialization, and real-time and/or interactive applications. Students will produce several short studio projects as well as one larger piece to be presented in a final concert.
MUSIC 6421 Electroacoustic Composition
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. K. Ernste.
Intended principally for doctoral students in music composition but open to others by permission. Depending on students’ backgrounds and interests, the course may include an introduction to electroacoustic composing, an emphasis on aesthetic issues associated with the field, interactivity and real-time performance, software instrument design, performance controllers, or other topics.
7000
MUSIC 7101 Topics in Tonal Theory and Analysis
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Next offered 2011-2012. J. Webster.
Topic: Sonata-form theory.
MUSIC 7102 Topics in Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis (also MUSIC 4103)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Next offered 2011-2012. Staff.
MUSIC 7111 Composition
Fall and spring. 4 credits each semester. R. Sierra and S. Stucky.
MUSIC 7121 Advanced Orchestral Technique
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Next offered 2011-2011. S. Stucky.
Intensive analysis of orchestral scores by such composers as Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Dutilleux, Boulez, Lutoslawski, Berio, Takemitsu, Druckman, Knussen, Benjamin, Adams, Saariaho, and Lindberg, with an emphasis on modern instrumental techniques, gestures, and textures. Composition exercises aimed at harnessing these discoveries for the students’ own work. Designed for doctoral candidates in composition; others admitted by permission only.
MUSIC 7201 Seminar in Medieval Music
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. J. Peraino.
Topic: The Music of the Troubadours and TrouvËres. This course will familiarize the students with this extensive repertory of secular love songs, introducing the many genres, distinct notation, and issues of melodic analysis. Other topics will include how to interpret “love” as constructed in the lyrics, the relationship of trouvËre song to polyphonic motets, and modern recordings and performance practice issues.
MUSIC 7202 Seminar in Renaissance Music
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. R. Harris-Warrick.
MUSIC 7203 Seminar in Baroque Music
Spring. 4 credits. R. Harris-Warrick.
Topic: The opera of Jena-Philippe Rameau. This seminar investigates the muliple compnents (musical, textual, choregraphic, scenographic) from which Rameau’s opeas were constructed, as well as the aesthetic controversies that surrounded them.
MUSIC 7204 Seminar in Classical Music
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. N. Zaslaw.
MUSIC 7205 Seminar in Music of the Romantic Era
Spring. 4 credits. J. Webster.
Topic: Instrumental music in the larger forms.
MUSIC 7206 Seminar in Music of the 20th Century
Spring. 4 credit. Stucky.
Topic: Lutoslawski.
MUSIC 7211 Seminar in Performance Practice
Fall.4credits.N.Zaslaw. Topic: The music of Mozart and his contempories.
MUSIC 7221 Mozart: His Life, Works, and Times
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Next offered 2011-2012. N. Zaslaw.
MUSIC 7223 Operatic States: Imagining Community in Music-Drama (also GERST 6420)
Fall. 4 credits. A. Groos.
MUSIC 7231 Music and Postmodern Critical Theory
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Fall. 4 credits. Next offered 2011-2012. J. Peraino.
MUSIC 7232 History and Criticism
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Next offered 2010-2011. A. Richards.
Music 7240 Film and Music Fall. 4 credits. D. Yearsley.
Topic: Film and music.
MUSIC 7301 Topics in Ethnomusicology
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Spring. 4 credits. Also open to graduate students in anthropology, linguistics, psychology, sociology, Africana Studies, Asian Studies, and other cognate fields by permission of instructor. Next offered 2010-2011. S. Pond.
MUSIC 7501 Historical Performance
Fall and spring. 4 credits each semester. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Staff.
Lessons on the major instrument with supplementary study and research on related subjects.
MUSIC 7901 Independent Study and Research
Fall and spring. Credit TBA. Staff.
9000
MUSIC 9901 Thesis Research
Fall and spring. Up to 6 credits each semester, TBA. S-U grades only.
Limited to doctoral students in music who have passed the Admission-to-Candidacy exam.