MUS 629SEM - Analyzing Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Music

This seminar explores music written in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries by considering how theorists have dealt with the myriad approaches to music composition during this time. Each iteration of the course may focus on one or more topics, including: “classical” set theory, transformation theory, narrative or agential approaches, and others. These topics may also be explored in the context of a wide range of compositional styles.

Credits: 4