Post-Tonal Music Theory
MUSC 208
Spring 2016
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At the dawn of the 20th century, European composers began to experiment with a radically new and completely decentered tonal language. Leaving the practice of tonality behind them, these composers used unorthodox numerical relationships to create formal links and motivic connections between the sounds of their compositions. Post-tonal theory represents the body of scholarship that attempts systematically to examine the formal procedures and properties associated with this modernist music; it also represents one attempt to understand the relationships between musical pitches that hold outside the framework of tonality. This course will serve as a general introduction to post-tonal music theory and will also serve as an introduction to the music of the Second Viennese School: Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. Beyond the music of these composers, we will also contemplate applications of post-tonal theory to more recent music. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA MUSC |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: MUSC202 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (MUSC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Joseph Straus, INTRODUCTION TO POST-TONAL THEORY
Miguel Roig-Francoli, UNDERSTANDING POST-TONAL MUSIC
Julian Johnson, WEBERN AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF NATURE
Arnold Schoenberg, STYLE AND IDEA
Theodor Adorno, PHILOSOPHY OF NEW MUSIC.
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Examinations and Assignments:
One midterm exam and one final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
If students have not completed MUSC202, they must demonstrate equivalent experience/expertise in an examination. |
| Instructor(s): Grant,Roger Mathew Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: MST301; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 11 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
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