The
Department of Musicology offers courses under the following two
headings:
A.
Music History
B.
Ethnomusicology
A. Music
History
MHST
101 (or CMUS 100) is a prerequisite to any of the 200-level survey
courses. Students who have a good background in music history
and literature may be exempted from MHST 101 by passing an examination
given only during Orientation in August. College of Arts and Sciences
students with some music background may take MHST 101. For College
students without such a background, CMUS 100 is recommended. (See
Music, in the Arts and Sciences section of this catalog.) Transfer
students entering in February must take MHST 101 the following
fall semester.
101. Introduction
to the History and Literature of Music 4 hours
A
survey of the major developments in the history of Western music
including jazz, vernacular music, electronic and computer music,
and an introduction to ethnomusicology. Selected major musical
works will be considered from a variety of historical standpoints.
The course serves as a prerequisite to the MHST 226, 235, 245,
255, 275 courses. Prerequisites: knowledge of musical notation.
Enrollment Limit: 100. Conservatory students are encouraged
to register for this course in their freshman year.
Sem
1 MHST-101-01 MTuThF 10:00-10:50 Mr. Suskin
MHST-101-02 MTuThF
11:00-11:50 Mr. Suskin
226. Music
of the Middle Ages and Renaissance 3 hours
A
survey of church and court music from the early Middle Ages to
1600. The course will consider the forging of Western musical
traditions within the context of medieval liturgy and the ensuing
growth of a variety of genres--music which richly expresses Romanesque
otherworldliness, the ideals of courtly love, Gothic rationalism,
the blossoming of the individual in the Renaissance, and the mystical
fervor of the Counter Reformation. Prerequisites: MHST
101 or CMUS 100. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Sem
2 MHST-226-01 MWF 10:00-10:50 Mr. Plank
235. Music
in the Baroque Era 3 hours
A
survey of music from the rise of monody in the Florentine academies
c.1600 to the death of Bach in 1750. The course will consider
opera, church music, and instrumental music from multiple perspectives,
underscoring the interplay of technical and contextual views.
Works by
Monteverdi, Schuetz,
Bach, Handel, and others are studied from the standpoint of form
and style, and as expressions of various social forces. Prerequisites:
MHST 101 or CMUS 100. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Sem
1 MHST-235-01 MWF 10:00-10:50 Mr. Plank
245. Music
in the Classic Era 3 hours
A
survey of the music from about 1730 to about 1800 including the
stylistic changes at mid-century and the various schools that
culminate in the mature works of Haydn and Mozart. Emphasis will
be placed on the development of major genres and formal procedures
of the period. Three classes plus one listening laboratory per
week. Prerequisites: MHST 101 or CMUS 100. Enrollment
Limit: 55.
Sem
2 MHST-245-01 MWF 9:00-9:50 Staff
MHST-245-02 MWF
1:30-2:20 Staff
255. Music
in the 19th Century 3 hours
A
survey of music by principal European composers of the nineteenth
century. Includes discussion of Beethoven's works and their interpretations
by later composers, the Italian operatic repertory, Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk,
aesthetics of the New German School, the rise of nationalistic
music, position of women musicians, development of a concert audience
in the US, and the formation of today's standard repertory. Prerequisites:
MHST 101 or CMUS 100. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Sem
1 MHST-255-01 MWF 9:00-9:50 Ms. Macdonald
MHST-255-02 MWF
10:00-10:50 Ms. Macdonald
275. Music
in the 20th Century 3 hours
A
survey of European and American concert and stage music from 1900
to the present. Topics covered include symbolism, expressionism,
neoclassicism, serialism, Harlem renaissance, national influences
(politics, folk art), electronic music, indeterminacy, minimalism,
performance art, post-modernism, viability of avant-garde music
today. Prerequisites: MHST 101 or CMUS 100 and MUTH 232.
Consent: Freshmen and transfer students admitted by consent
only. Concurrent enrollment in MUTH 232 is possible with consent
of the instructor. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Sem
2 MHST-275-01 MWF 9:00-9:50 Ms. Macdonald
MHST-275-02 MWF
10:00-10:50 Ms. Macdonald
290,
291. Introduction to African-American Music 3 hours
CD
A
one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African
Americans. First semester includes West African music and West
African continuity in the American, early African American instrumental-vocal
forms, and the social implications of African-American music.
Second semester includes later instrumental and vocal music (jazz,
blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers
and performers of works in extended forms. Cross listed with AAST
171, 172, and JAZZ 290, 291. Enrollment Limit: 50.
Sem
1 MHST-290-01 MWF 11:00-11:50 Mr. Logan
Sem
2 MHST-291-01 MWF 11:00-11:50 Mr. Logan
301. Introduction
to Music Research and Writing WRi 3 hours
A
practical course open to all students wishing to develop their
skills in writing about music and to familiarize themselves with
essential bibliographic and research tools. The course will focus
on specific problems and mechanics of preparing a research paper,
concert, record and book reviews, program notes, etc. Prerequisites:
MHST 101 and one 200-level music history course. Consent:
Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Sem
1 MHST-301-01 TuTh 8:35-9:50 Mr. Plank
302. Introduction
to Historical Performance 3 hours
Identical
to HPRF 302-01.
Sem 1 MHST-302-01 TuTh
11:00-12:15 Mr. Breitman
312. Special
Topics in Performance Practice 3 hours
Identical
to HPRF 312. Also see HPRF 512 (or MHST 512).
Sem
2 MHST-312-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Mr. Breitman
316. Studies
in Opera: The Baroque Opera 3 hours
WR
A
study of selected operas ranging from the early music drama in
Florence c.1600 through Handelian opera seria in London,
1711-1741. Works by Peri, Monteverdi, Cavalli, Purcell, and Lully,
among others, are investigated from several standpoints--analytical,
dramatic, contextual--in order to observe the interaction of dramatic
and musical goals in various operatic styles. Class topics will
also include baroque stage-craft and operatic performance practice.
Consent: Consent of instructor required. Enrollment
Limit: 30.
Sem
2 MHST-316-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Mr. Plank
318. Women
in Music 3 hours
A
study of the contributions of women to art music primarily from
the 18th through 20th centuries. The course will concentrate on
the works of women composers and the conditions surrounding their
production, but will also consider the role of women as performers,
teachers, and patrons of music. Compositions will be discussed
with both the traditional repertoire, and the questions of identifying
a feminine aesthetic view. Identical to WOST 318. Prerequisites:
One 200-level MHST course. Consent: Consent of instructor
required. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem
2 MHST-318-01 TuTh 1:00-2:15 Ms. Macdonald
319. Studies
in Genre: The Oratorio 3 hours
WR
An
historical investigation of selected oratorios dating from the
17th century to the modern day. The critical study of individual
works will be complemented by a consideration of the genre's various
contextual manifestations (e.g., as devotional work, opera substitute,
national allegory, Elgar, and Vaughan Williams). Prerequisites:
One 200-level music history course. Consent: Consent of
instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem
1 MHST-319-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Mr. Plank
331. Johann
Sebastian Bach 3 hours
WR
A
study of Bach's life and selected works. The course addresses
the "new image" of a familiar master which has emerged from the
startling research of post-1950 scholars. Through a close study
of the cantatas and works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, St.
John Passion, and Musical Offering, the class seeks to illumine
Bach's position in various musical traditions, to explore his
response to cultural environment, and to describe analytically
his expressive vocabulary. Prerequisites: MHST 101 and
one 200-level music history course. Consent: Consent of
instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem
2 MHST-331-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Mr. Plank
341. Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart 3 hours
WR
A
study of the life of Mozart and the development of his musical
style. Analysis of vocal and instrumental works, and consideration
of Mozart's position in the 18th century. Special attention will
be devoted to The Magic Flute. Prerequisites: MHST
101 and one 200-level music history
course. Consent:
Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem
1 MHST-341-01 TuTh 3:00-4:15 Mr. Suskin
351. Ludwig
van Beethoven 3 hours
WR
A
study of the life and works of the composer. Selected compositions
will be examined by considering such aspects as compositional
sketches, stylistic development, performance practices, and cultural
environment. Prerequisites: MHST 101 and one 200-level
music history course. Consent: Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem
1 MHST-351-01 TuTh 3:00-4:15 Staff
361. Robert
Schumann 3 hours
A
study of the life and works of Robert Schumann. In addition to
his own large oeuvre of instrumental and vocal works, the course
will cover musical developments generally in the 1830s and 1840s,
particularly from the point of view of Schumann's writings. Related
subjects will be the Parisian school of virtuoso pianism, the
development of German opera, growth of amateur music making, revival
of eighteenth-century music, and the cult of Beethoven.
Prerequisites:
MHST 101, and one 200-level music history course. Consent:
Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
Sem
2 MHST-361-01 TuTh 1:00-2:15 Ms. Macdonald
371. Igor
Stravinsky 3 hours
WR
A
study of Stravinsky's creative development from his earliest compositions
in a nationalistic, academic style, through his "Russian" and
"neoclassical" periods to his final adaptation of serialism. The
course includes discussion of Stravinsky's use of ideas from Russian
folklore, Greek classicism, and Christianity, and his philosophy
of music as set forth in The Poetics of Music. Prerequisites:
One 200-level Music History course and MUTH 232. Concurrent enrollment
in MUTH 232 is possible. Consent: Consent of instructor
required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem
1 MHST-371-01 TuTh 1:30-2:45 Ms. Macdonald
400,
401. Senior Honors 3 hours
Enrollment
Limit: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors
Program. For additional information, see Undergraduate Programs,
Division of Musicology.
Sem
1 MHST-400-01 To be arranged Staff
Sem
2 MHST 401-01 To be arranged Staff
512. Special
Topics in Performance Practice 3 hours
Identical
to HPRF 512.
Sem
2 MHST-512-01 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Mr. Breitman
