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Spring 2024  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory -- Music and Meaning (68575)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
12 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate Student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Wed 01:25PM - 03:55PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ferguson Hall 123
Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings.prereq: instr consent
Class Notes:
This course will investigate the historical and theoretical study of musical meaning, particularly the semantic and syntactic units perceptible within the sonorous surface of music. The course begins with early humanist and Enlightenment-era efforts to decode rhetorical and narrative meaning in musical forms, and then it shifts to a focus on developments in music analysis and theory within the last thirty years. Various sub disciplines are explored, including topic theory, semiotics, critical theory, "critical musicology," popular music studies, sound studies, genre theory, and more. Repertoire begins with 18th-19th Western art music but then broadens to include popular musics and beyond. prereq: Completion of graduate tonal theory remediation (MUS 3508/3518) or equivalent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68575/1243

Fall 2023  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory (33373)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
12 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate Student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Mon 01:30PM - 04:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Virtual Rooms LAB-TBA
Enrollment Status:
Open (7 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings. prereq: instr consent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33373/1239

Spring 2023  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory -- Basic Mathematics for Music Theorists (68265)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
12 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate Student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Tue, Wed, Thu 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Virtual Rooms LAB-TBA
Enrollment Status:
Open (1 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings. prereq: instr consent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68265/1233

Fall 2022  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory -- Rethinking Musical Minimalism (34170)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
12 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate Student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Wed 02:00PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ferguson Hall 115
Enrollment Status:
Open (7 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings. prereq: instr consent
Class Notes:
A graduate-level study of recent, transformative literatures on musical minimalism - including expanding the repertoire beyond the four best-known minimalists (Young, Riley, Reich, Glass), including Eastman, Monk, Oliveros, Eno, the Bang on a Can group, and others.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34170/1229

Spring 2021  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory -- Music and Meaning (68799)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
12 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate Student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Thu 02:30PM - 05:30PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings. prereq: instr consent
Class Notes:
Music & Meaning: This course will investigate the historical and theoretical study of musical meaning, particularly the semantic and syntactic units perceptible within the sonorous surface of music. Course will be online synchronous.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68799/1213

Fall 2020  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory -- Readings in Music Theory (34128)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
12 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate Student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Mon 01:25PM - 04:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Northrop Memorial Auditorium 240
Enrollment Status:
Closed (8 of 8 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings. prereq: instr consent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34128/1209

Spring 2020  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Theory and Analysis of Popular Music (68235)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Wed 02:30PM - 05:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Ferguson Hall 149
Enrollment Status:
Open (4 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course will examine popular and rock music from the 1960's to the present, focusing specifically on analysis and theory of primary musical domains of form, harmony and melody, rhythm, and timbre. Students will hone transcription skills, as well as thoughtfully address cultural background surrounding the compositions and issues of canon formation. Students will demonstrate their fluency in analytical skills and theoretical content through weekly readings and discussions, analytical assignments, and a final research project.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68235/1203

Fall 2018  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory (20990)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Wed 01:25PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, West Bank
Ferguson Hall 203
Enrollment Status:
Open (6 of 8 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings. prereq: instr consent
Class Notes:
This course will investigate the historical and theoretical study of musical meaning, particularly the semantic and syntactic units perceptible within the sonorous surface of music. Although the course begins with early humanist and Enlightenment-era efforts to decode rhetorical and narrative meaning in musical forms, we will focus on developments in musical analysis and theory within the last thirty years. Various subdisciplines will be explored, such as topic theory, semiotics, critical theory, critical musicology, film studies, popular music studies, sound studies, evolutionary anthropology, and ethnomusicology. Repertoire will focus on Western art music (mainly of the 18th and 19th centuries) but will also include popular musics (particularly film music) to some degree.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20990/1189

Fall 2017  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory (34588)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon 01:25PM - 03:55PM
UMTC, West Bank
Ferguson Hall 205
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings. prereq: instr consent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34588/1179

Spring 2016  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory (59936)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Wed 01:25PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, West Bank
Ferguson Hall 205
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings. prereq: instr consent
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59936/1163

Fall 2013  |  MUS 8560 Section 001: Readings in Music Theory (28309)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon 01:25PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, West Bank
Ferguson Hall 205
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Seminars on major theoretical text or group of interrelated texts. Pre-tonal, tonal, post-tonal, or non-Western focus in individual offerings.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/28309/1139

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