MUSICOLOGY
111 The Foundations of Rock (3 credit hours)
This course will explore the historical background, musical foundations, and styles of
rock music.
121 Introduction to the Art of Music (3 credit hours)
For non-music majors. Introduces Western music for the listener in overview from the
Baroque era to the present.
122 Introduction to World Music (3 credit hours)
For non-music majors. Introduces the musical cultures of a few select areas of the world
(such as the Caribbean, West Africa, India, China and Japan).
123 Introduction to Popular Music (3 credit hours)
Offers a broad survey of 20th century popular music, exploring a diverse set of genres
and musical artists from the Tin Pan Alley era to the present. The course places the
musical conventions, key performers and aesthetic shifts that mark the history of
popular music in social, cultural, technological, and musical context. Designed to develop
listening and analytical skills, the course aims to help students to understand, describe,
interpret, and write about popular music.
130 Special Course (2-3 credit hours)
For non-music majors. An introductory level course on particular aspects of Western
music history. Offerings focus on such topics as music and culture, music and languages,
as well as select repertoires and periods of then Western music tradition.
131 Special Course (2-3 credit hours)
For non-music majors. An introductory level course on particular aspects of Western
music history. Offerings focus on such topics as music and culture, music and languages,
as well as select repertoires and periods of then Western musical tradition.
139 Introduction to the Literature of Music (2 credit hours)
A survey of musical concepts and repertories of the Western and non-Western world.
140 History of Music (2 credit hours)
Music of the United States and American and European music since World War I.
Includes both vernacular and art-music traditions.
239 History of Music (2 credit hours)
History of music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque.
240 History of Music (2 credit hours)
History of music from the Preclassic era to World War I.
305, 306, 307, 308 Special Courses (3 credit hours each)
For non-music majors.
343 Music and Islam (3 credit hours)
For non-music majors. No musical background is required. This course focuses on the
unity and diversity of musical customs from the Muslim cultures of the Middle East,
Central Asia, north India and Indonesia. We will investigate musical systems in terms of
instruments, repertoire, modal and rhythmic structures and the effects of religious
constraints, cultural policy and social history on musical life.
345 History of Music (3 credit hours)
For non-music majors. History of European music from the Middle Ages through the
Baroque.
346 History of Music (3 credit hours)
For non-music majors.
347 Opera of the Past and Present (3 credit hours)
Non-music majors only. A survey from the beginnings of opera around 1600 to the
present, stressing mainstream works that are likely to be staged today.
369 Hawaiian Music in the American Colonial Context (3 credit hours)
Exploration of cultural identity, ethnicity, and stereotyping through an examination of
representative genres of Hawaiian music and dance and their performance.
405, 406, 408 Special Courses (1–3 credit hours; 406 for 2–4 credit hours)
Special courses on topics that vary from term to term.
411 History of the Symphony (3 credit hours)
This course surveys the symphony from its earliest inception through the 20th century.
413 History of Opera (3 credit hours)
Topics in the history of opera of the 17th and 18th centuries, from its beginnings
through the operas of Mozart; opera is studied as music, theater, performance medium
and cultural expression.
414 History of Opera, 19th-20th Centuries (3 credit hours)
Undergraduates only. An historical survey of opera (as music, as theater, and as cultural
expression) from the 19th century through the present.
416 History of Musical Instruments (3 credit hours)
The historical development of musical instruments, emphasizing those of the Western
world.
417 History of Jazz (3 credit hours)
Surveys jazz in the United States from its beginnings in African-American aural
traditions to the present.
420 Music of the Baroque (3 credit hours)
A survey of European music of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
421 Music of the Classic Era (3 credit hours)
A survey of European music from the mid-18th century to about 1810.
422 Music of the 19th Century (3 credit hours)
A survey, lecture, and discussion of music from the early 19th century to about 1900.
423 Music of the 20th Century (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: 240 or equivalent; School of Music, Theatre & Dance students only. A
survey of Western music since about 1900.
424 The Art Song (3 credit hours)
A survey of European and American art song of the 19th and 20th centuries.
426 Music and Language (3 credit hours)
Examines the relationship between music and words.
436 Women and Music: Exploring Issues of Gender, Ideology, and
Characterization (3 credit hours)
Undergraduates only. An exploration of issues surrounding women as composers,
performers, and subjects (how they are portrayed musically).
437 Philosophy of Music (3 credit hours)
A philosophical investigation of the nature and significance of music. What is music, and
does music have “meaning”?
446 Performance Practices of the 17th and 18th Centuries (3 credit hours)
A study of Baroque musical performance practice.
450 Music in the United States (3 credit hours)
A lecture survey of American music from the 18th century to the present, including both
formal and informal traditions.
456 Asian American Music (3 credit hours)
Examines music of Asian Americans as case studies of musical, personal and communal
identities in multi ethnic, multiracial and transnational contexts in the United States.
457 The Musics of African Americans (3 credit hours)
For non-music majors with permission of instructor. A survey of black American music,
including both formal and informal traditions.
458 Music in Culture (3 credit hours)
An examination of the role of music in selected rituals of Western and non-Western
cultures.
460 Euro-American Folk and Popular Music (3 credit hours)
A survey of indigenous musical practices of these regions, including commercial
vernaculars.
462 Japanese Music (2 credit hours)
A survey of the history, instruments, forms, and compositional methods of Japanese
music from ancient times to the present.
463 Southeast Asian Music (2 credit hours)
A survey of the indigenous musical practices of the region.
464 Music of Latin America and the Caribbean (3 credit hours)
Introduces the Caribbean as an area comprising many distinct musical cultures, with
special focus on Trinidad.
465 Music of Africa (3 credit hours)
Undergraduate only. An introduction to African musical traditions through an
investigation of the sound materials, creative processes and social contexts of music
making.
466 Music of Asia I (3 credit hours)
Examines the music of East Asia (China, Japan and Korea) as sonic and cultural
expressions.
467 Music of Asia II (3 credit hours)
Examines some of the better known musical traditions from West Asia (Egypt, Lebanon,
Syria, Turkey, Iran, Iraq), South Asia (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka), and Southeast Asia
(Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines).
468 Jazz Scenes in Historical Perspective (3 credit hours)
Examines the constitution of the jazz scenes in New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and
other American cities throughout the 20th century.
469 Music of the Pacific Islands (3 credit hours)
An introduction to music and dance traditions in the Pacific Islands, with emphasis on
ways of understanding cultural resilience in light of historical experiences of colonization.
470 Music and Dance (3 credit hours)
An exploration of ways in which musical sound and dance movements structure each
other in the process of performance as well as creation. Case studies are drawn from
world traditions.
477 Medieval Music (3 credit hours)
A survey of European music from the Middle Ages to about 1420.
478 Renaissance Music (3 credit hours)
A survey of European music from about 1420 to 1600.
481 Special Projects (1–4 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Independent study.
484 Mensural Notation and Tablature (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Exercises in the sight-singing and transcription of mensural
notation and instrumental tablatures. Focuses on repertories from 1400 to 1670.
501 Introduction to Graduate Study (3 credit hours)
502 Practical Bibliographical and Research Techniques (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: 503. Primarily for M.A. students in musicology.
503 Bibliography of Music (3 credit hours)
505, 506, 507, 508 Special Courses
(1–3 credit hours each; 506 for 1–4 credit hours)
Topics vary.
509 Teaching an Introduction to Music (2 credit hours)
A course in designing and teaching an Introduction to Music course for non-majors. Inclass teaching practice is included.
510 Teaching of Music History (2 credit hours)
511 History of Symphony (2 credit hours)
Survey of symphonic repertory from the 18th century to the present.
513 History of Opera (3 credit hours)
Topics in the history of opera of the 17th and 18th centuries, from its beginnings
through the operas of Mozart; opera is studied as music, theater, performance medium
and cultural expression.
516 History of Musical Instruments (3 credit hours)
The historical development of musical instruments, emphasizing those of the Western
world.
517 History of Jazz (3 credit hours)
Surveys jazz in the United States from its beginnings in African-American aural
traditions to the present.
520 Music of the Baroque (3 credit hours)
Survey of European music of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
521 Music of the Classic Era (3 credit hours)
Survey of European music from the mid-18th century to about 1810.
522 Music of the 19th Century (3 credit hours)
Survey, lecture, and discussion of music from the early 19th century to about 1900.
523 Music of the 20th Century (3 credit hours)
Survey of Western music since about 1900.
524 The Art Song (3 credit hours)
Survey of European and American art song of the 19th and 20th centuries.
530 History of Music Printing and Publishing (School of Information 558) (3
credit hours)
542 Studies in World Music (3 credit hours)
This course examines the music, the instruments, the supporting ideologies of class and
gender, the cultural meanings and the performing contexts of a few “canonic” world
music genres such as Javanese and Balinese gamelan traditions, Hindustani music,
Carnatic music, and Persian classical music.
547 Introduction to Ethnomusicology (3 credit hours)
Readings and discussion of current issues and methodology in the field.
550 Music in the United States (3 credit hours)
Lecture survey of American music from the 18th century to the present, including both
formal and informal traditions.
556 Asian American Music (3 credit hours)
Examines music of Asian Americans as case studies of musical, personal and communal
identities in multi-ethnic, multiracial and transnational contexts in the United States.
557 The Musics of African Americans (3 credit hours)
Survey of black American music, including both formal and informal traditions.
558 Music in Culture (3 credit hours)
Examines the role of music in selected rituals of Western and non-Western cultures.
559 Music Cultures of Africa and South America (3 credit hours)
Survey of indigenous musical practices of these regions.
560 Euro-American Folk and Popular Music (3 credit hours)
Survey of indigenous musical practices of these regions, including commercial
vernaculars.
561 Music of Asia (3 credit hours)
Survey of indigenous musical practices of the Asian continent.
562 Japanese Music (2 credit hours)
Survey of the history, instruments, forms, and compositional methods of Japanese
music from ancient times to the present.
563 Southeast Asian Music (2 credit hours)
Survey of the indigenous musical practices of the region.
564 Music of Latin America and the Caribbean (3 credit hours)
Introduces the Caribbean as an area comprising many distinct musical cultures, with
special focus on Trinidad.
566 Music of Asia I (3 credit hours)
Examines the music of East Asia (China, Japan and Korea) as sonic and cultural
expressions.
567 Music of Asia II (3 credit hours)
Examines some of the better known musical traditions from West Asia (Egypt, Lebanon,
Syria, Turkey, Iran, Iraq), South Asia (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka), and Southeast Asia
(Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines).
568 Jazz Scenes in Historical Perspective (3 credit hours)
Examines the constitution of the jazz scenes in New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia,
and other American cities throughout the 20th century.
569 Music of the Pacific Islands (3 credit hours)
This course introduces students to music and dance traditions in the Pacific Islands
(excluding insular Southeast Asia). This area covers numerous diverse societies in three
broad cultural and linguistic regions: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. This course
will cover six themes: contemporary performance contexts; interpretation of available
evidence for historical understanding; musical impacts of colonialization; traditionality;
diasporic communities; and local/global tensions in contemporary popular culture.
571 Discourses on the Singing Voice (3 credit hours)
Seminar on cultural constructions and disciplinary methods of vocal technique,
historically and cross-culturally.
577 Medieval Music (3 credit hours)
Survey of European music from the Middle Ages to about 1420.
578 Renaissance Music (3 credit hours)
Survey of European music from about 1420 to 1600.
581 Special Projects (1–4 credit hours)
Independent study.
584 Mensural Notation and Tablature (3 credit hours)
Exercises in the sight-singing and transcription of mensural notation and instrumental
tablatures. Focuses on repertories from 1400 to 1670.
585 Ethnomusicological Transcription (3 credit hours)
This course combines bi-weekly exercises in ethnomusicological transcription and
presentation, readings of significant scholarly contributions, critique of existing
notational systems, and discussion related to the visual representation of performed
musical sound.
591 Musicology Thesis (2–6 credit hours)
For Music History/Musicology students only.
592 Musicology Paper (2-6 credit hours)
Prerequisite: 501 and 502.
605, 606 Special Course (1–4 credit hours each)
Permission of instructor.
621 History of Music Theory I (3 credit hours)
Covers the period to 1600.
622 History of Music Theory II (3 credit hours)
Covers the period since 1600.
625 Studies in Notation and Editing (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor.
631 Studies in the History and Application of Performance Practice (3 credit
hours)
639, 640 Studies in Medieval Music (3 credit hours each)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
641 Studies in Early Renaissance Music (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
642 Studies in Late Renaissance Music (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
643 Studies in Music of the Baroque (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
644 Studies in Music of the Pre-Classic Era (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
645 Studies in Late Classic and Early 19th-Century Styles (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
646 Studies in Later 19th-Century Styles (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
647 Studies in 20th-Century Music (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
648 Studies in Asian Music (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
649 Studies in Asian Music: Chinese Music (3 credit hours)
650 Studies in Music of the U.S. (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
705, 706, 707, 708 Special Courses (3 credit hours each)
Topics vary from term to term.
715 Studies in Organology (3 credit hours)
728 Music as Creative and Cultural Practices (3 credit hours)
730 Ethnomusicology Field Methods (3 credit hours)
748 Seminar in Ethnomusicology (3 credit hours)
Permission of instructor. Seminar; topics vary.
750 Comparative Aesthetics (3 credit hours)
760 Colloquium in Ethnomusicology (1 credit hour)
881 Special Readings (2–6 credit hours)
For Ph.D. students only. May be repeated for credit.
900 Preliminary Examinations (1 credit hour)
For students not otherwise enrolled. May be repeated.
990 Dissertation/Precandidate
Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer Term (1–8 credit hours) Spring-Half, Summer-Half term
(1–4 credit hours)
Election for dissertation work by a doctoral student not yet admitted to status as a
candidate.
995 Dissertation/Candidate
Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer (8 credit hours only) Spring-Half, Summer-Half Term
(4 credit hours only)
Prerequisite: Graduate school authorization for admission as a doctoral candidate. Only
a full-term enrollment is permitted for the period in which the candidate takes a final
examination on his or her dissertation.