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Course Description

This is the last course in the Music Theory sequence. Students will be introduced to 18th century counterpoint: the study, analysis and composition of two-voice invention and three-voice fugue. The student will also be introduced to 20th century forms and harmonic tendencies: study, analysis and composition of work utilizing the 12-tone system will be among the techniques explored.

Prerequisites

(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)

• MUSIC 250.

Course Competencies

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Analyze contrapuntal inventions for two voices.
• Construct contrapuntal inventions for two voices.
• Analyze contrapuntal fugues for three voices.
• Construct contrapuntal fugues for three voices.
• Analyze twentieth century serial music.
• Construct a piece of music using serial techniques.
• Analyze twentieth-century polytonal harmony.
• Analyze twentieth-century atonality.
• Analyze twentieth-century rhythmic techniques.
• Analyze the use of electronics in twentieth-century music.
• Analyze twentieth-century minimalist techniques.
• Analyze neoromanticism in twentieth-century.
• Analyze additional twentieth century techniques.

Note: This course may not be offered every semester.
Please check the MUSIC section of the current course schedule for availability.

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