Musicology and Music History : Jacobs School of Music Bulletin

Courses

MUS M401 History and Literature of Music I (4 cr.) P: T152 Music Theory and Literature II or equivalent. History of music from beginnings of Western civilization to 1800. Style analysis, visual and aural, of representative compositions, and relationship of music to sociocultural background of each epoch.

MUS M402 History and Literature of Music II (4 cr.) P: T252 Music Theory and Literature IV or equivalent. History of music from 1800 to the present. Style analysis, visual and aural, of representative compositions, and relationship of music to sociocultural background of each epoch.

MUS M410 Composer or Genre (3 cr.) P: T252 Music Theory and Literature IV. Life and works of representative composers in historical context or survey of a major musical genre and its historical evolution. Emphasis on stylistic development in the music literature studied.

MUS M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature (3 cr.) An introduction to the graduate study of music history and literature. Meets the proficiency requirement with a grade of C or higher.

MUS M502 Composers: Variable Topics (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents. Life and works of representative composers in the cultural and historical context of their eras; emphasis on the development of individual style through analysis of characteristic works. May be repeated for different composers.

MUS M510 Topics in Music Literature (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents. Inquiry into selected aspects of music literature and history related to specific repertories, genres, styles, performance practices/traditions, historiography, or criticism. Research project required. May be repeated for different topics.

MUS M525 Survey of Operatic Literature (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents. Emphasis on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

MUS M527 Symphonic Literature (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents. Orchestral music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

MUS M528 Chamber Music Literature (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents. Emphasis on eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

MUS M539 Introduction to Music Bibliography (2-3 cr.) Music reference and research tools in all areas of music, use of library resources and networks, and bibliographic style and technique. Formal paper required.

MUS M551 Introduction to Historical Musicology (3 cr.) Survey of bibliography and problems and methods of historical research.

MUS M556 Research in the History and Literature of Music (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. For advanced students in music literature or musicology desiring to do research in non-course areas of music literature.

MUS M601 Masters Seminar in Musicology: Variable Topics (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. For MA Musicology students. Formal research paper required. Taken ordinarily in the spring semester of the first year. May be taken more than once for credit toward MA.

MUS M602 Seminar in Musicology: Variable Topics (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. For advanced students in musicology and music theory. Formal research paper required. May be taken more than once for credit toward PhD.

MUS M603 Methods of Musical Scholarship: Variable Topics (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. For advanced students in musicology and music theory. May be taken more than once for credit toward the PhD.

MUS M604 Qualifying Exam Tutorial (3 cr.) Establishing of qualifying examination areas, the compiling of reading and repertory lists, and the first stages of examination study under faculty supervision. Ordinarily taken in the fall of the third year (for students admitted with an MA) or in the spring of the third year (for students admitted from a bachelor’s degree).

MUS M605 Qualifying Exam and Dissertation Area Tutorial (3 cr.) Intensive study under faculty supervision, and written and oral qualifying examinations. Ordinarily taken in the spring of the third year (for students admitted with an MA) or in the fall of the fourth year (for students admitted from a bachelor’s degree).

MUS M650 Music in the United States (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents. A musical and cultural history emphasizing the coexistence and intersections of a variety of imported and indigenous written and oral traditions, including concert music, opera, Native American music, popular song, jazz, blues, musical theater and film, Tin Pan Alley, rock, and spirituals and other religious idioms.

MUS M651 Medieval Music (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents.

MUS M652 Renaissance Music (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents.

MUS M653 Baroque Music (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents.

MUS M654 Classic Music (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents.

MUS M655 Romantic Music (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents.

MUS M656 Modern Music (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents.

MUS M657 Music Since 1960 (3 cr.) P: M501 Proseminar in Music History and Literature and T508 Written Music Theory Review for Graduate Students, or equivalents.

MUS M698 Individual Seminar in Musicology (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. For advanced students in musicology and music theory. Formal research paper required. May be taken more than once for credit toward the PhD.