printer friendly pageMUSIC 122B: Analysis of Tonal Music
Complete movements, or entire shorter works of the 18th and 19th centuries, are analyzed in a variety of theoretical approaches. Prerequisites:
Music 23 and 24C or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Barth, G. (PI)
;
Basica, C. (TA)
MUSIC 122C: Introduction to 20th-Century Composition
Contemporary works, with emphasis on music since 1945. Projects in free composition based on 20th-century models. Prerequisites: 23 or consent of instructor; and successful completion of the piano-proficiency examination.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Ulman, E. (PI)
;
Graber, E. (TA)
MUSIC 123: Undergraduate Seminar in Composition
Current trends in composition. May be repeated for credit a total of 7 times. Prerequisites: Music major; 23 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
| Repeatable
8 times
(up to 24 units total)
Instructors:
Kapuscinski, J. (PI)
MUSIC 124A: Songwriters Workshop
Laboratory for composers of any kind of vernacular music: singer-songwriters; folk singers; laptop dance music composers; rock and pop bands; rappers; writers of instrumentals or music with lyrics; solo artists and collaborators; etc. Compositional strategies for songwriting, overview of exemplars, discussion of aesthetic issues, and development of artistic personae. Weekly critique session for students and faculty to share work and offer feedback. Music theory and literacy not required. Aimed, however, at those with at least some experience as writers, whether casual or extensive. For bands at least half of members must be enrolled. Additional units invite lessons with instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
Instructors:
Applebaum, M. (PI)
MUSIC 125: Individual Undergraduate Projects in Composition
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. Prerequisites: music major, and one quarter of 123.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
Instructors:
Applebaum, M. (PI)
;
Aquilanti, G. (PI)
;
Berger, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Applebaum, M. (PI)
;
Aquilanti, G. (PI)
;
Berger, J. (PI)
;
Chafe, C. (PI)
;
Ferneyhough, B. (PI)
;
Kapuscinski, J. (PI)
;
Ulman, E. (PI)
;
Wang, G. (PI)
MUSIC 126: Introduction to Thoroughbass
The development of continuo techniques and skills for figured-bass realization. Performance and analysis of selected repertoire, using thoroughbass principles and exercises based on historical theoretical treatises. Prerequisite: 21.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-3
Instructors:
Berger, T. (PI)
MUSIC 127: Instrumentation and Orchestration
Individual instruments, instrumental groups within the orchestra, and combinations of groups. Arrangements from piano to orchestral music. Score analysis with respect to orchestration. Practical exercises using chamber ensembles and school orchestra. Prerequisite: 23.
Last offered: Autumn 2013
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
MUSIC 128: Stanford Laptop Orchestra: Composition, Coding, and Performance (CS 170)
Classroom instantiation of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) which includes public performances. An ensemble of more than 20 humans, laptops, controllers, and special speaker arrays designed to provide each computer-mediated instrument with its sonic identity and presence. Topics and activities include issues of composing for laptop orchestras, instrument design, sound synthesis, programming, and live performance. May be repeated four times for credit.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 20 units total)
Instructors:
Huberth, M. (PI)
;
Wang, G. (PI)
MUSIC 129: Advanced Ear-Training/Musicianship
A course in advanced aural analysis and musicianship skills for students who have completed the
Music 24 series. Topics of study include analysis by ear of large scale forms, chromatic or extended-tertian harmony, modulations to distantly related keys, chromatic or atonal melodies, modal harmony and melody, as well as alternative forms of aural analysis.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 8 units total)
Instructors:
Arul, E. (PI)
MUSIC 12SC: Musical Collisions and Radical Creativity
The margins of musical culture; nonconformist, maverick, and eccentric creative impulses that expand the definition of art. Laboratory atmosphere and daily rehearsals in which students create collaborative works with a final public concert involving collaborations with local musicians and presentations of student-composed works created during the course.
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