printer friendly pageMUSIC 21: Elements of Music I
Preference to majors. Introduction to tonal theory. Practice and analysis. Diatonic harmony focusing on melodic and harmonic organization, functional relationships, voice-leading, and tonal structures. Students must concurrently enroll in an Ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24a, 24b, or 24c as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Enrollment limited to 40. Prerequisites: (1) Piano Proficiency Exam (must be passed within the first two weeks of the term) or
MUSIC 12A (may be taken concurrently); (2) Passing grade on a basic musical skills proficiency examination on the first day of class or
MUSIC 19.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 22: Elements of Music II
Preference to majors. Introduction to chromatic harmony focusing on secondary functions, modulations, harmonic sequences, mode mixture, and the Neapolitan, and augmented sixth chords. Analysis of musical forms and harmonizations complemented by harmonic and melodic dictation, sight singing, and other practical skills. Students must concurrently enroll in an Ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24a, 24b, or 24c as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Prerequisites: (1)
MUSIC 21; (2) Piano Proficiency Exam or
MUSIC 12B (may be taken concurrently).
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 23: Elements of Music III
Preference to majors. Continuation of chromatic harmony and complex forms of late Romantic period. Satisfactory passage of ear-training proficiency exam, part of the course's final, is a requirement for course completion and for continuation in the major sequence. Students must concurrently enroll in an Ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24a, 24b, or 24c as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Prerequisites: (1)
MUSIC 22; (2) Piano Proficiency Exam or
MUSIC 12C (may be taken concurrently).
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 32N: Sculpting with Sounds, Images, and Words
Preference to freshmen. Contemporary culture abounds in multimedia forms, in which sounds, images and words are interwoven in unique ways. What are their individual and combined powers? How would you harness them? Participants face these questions in creative projects as well as through in-class viewing, analysis and debates, readings, guest lectures and student presentations. The seminar is taught at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics where students have access to new media technologies.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Kapuscinski, J. (PI)
MUSIC 34N: Performing America: The Broadway Musical
Musical theater as a site for the construction of American identity in the twentieth century to the present. Issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality; intersections with jazz, rock, and pop; roles of lyricist, composer, director, choreographer, producer, performers. Individual shows (Showboat, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Wicked, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Book of Mormon), show tunes in jazz performance, film musicals, and television. Opportunities for performance and attendance at local productions.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Grey, T. (PI)
MUSIC 36N: Humor in Music
Through theoretical readings the course will touch on psychological and neurological bases of humor, explore contingent, tactical, modal, and ontological difficulties in the apprehension of humor, and address ethical issues surrounding humor in music. In addition to in-class listening and screening sessions, analytic discussions will be led by students who will find and present examples of humor in music. Students will also be invited to compose original humorous song lyrics and to create collaborative works of musical humor.
Last offered: Autumn 2012
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 38N: Singing Early Music
Preference to freshmen. 15th- and 16th-century musical repertories and their contexts; performance practice.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Rodin, J. (PI)
MUSIC 65A: Voice Class I
Group (7 students to a section) beginning voice (A = level 1; B = level 2). May be repeated for credit. There is a fee for this class. Please visit
http://music.stanford.edu/Academics/LessonSignups.html for class fees and signup information. This class is closed by design. Please register on the waitlist and show up on the first day of class to receive a permission number for enrollment. Zero unit enrollment option available with instructor permission. See website: (
http://music.stanford.edu) for policy and procedure.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Giovannetti, C. (PI)
;
Linduska, M. (PI)
MUSIC 65B: Voice Class II
Group (7 students to a section) beginning voice for the non-major (A = level 1; B = level 2). May be repeated for credit. There is a fee for this class. Please visit
http://music.stanford.edu/Academics/LessonSignups.html for class fees and signup information. This class is closed by design. Please register on the waitlist and show up on the first day of class to receive a permission number for enrollment. Zero unit enrollment option available with instructor permission. See website: (
http://music.stanford.edu) for policy and procedure.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Giovannetti, C. (PI)
;
Linduska, M. (PI)
MUSIC 72A: Intermediate Piano Class
For intermediate students. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. Prerequisites: 12C or equivalent, audition. There is a fee for this class. Please visit
http://music.stanford.edu/Academics/LessonSignups.html for class fee and signup information. This class is closed by design. Please register on the waitlist and show up on the first day of class to receive a permission number for enrollment. Zero unit enrollment option available with instructor permission. See website: (
http://music.stanford.edu) for policy and procedure.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
Instructors:
Zerlang, T. (PI)
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