The Boston Conservatory Department of Composition, Theory, and Music History Department Chair: Andy Vores Room 221 avores@bostonconservatory.edu 617 912-9107 Departmental Assistant: Andrew Jackson andrew_jackson@bostonconservatory.edu Undergraduate Course Materials Required texts and CD'S are available online from www.textbookx.com Ear Training Keyboard Sequence Harmony & Counterpoint Form & Analysis Music History MU113 Ear Training 1 MU114 Ear Training 2 MU213 Ear Training 3 MU213 Ear Training 4 MELODIA: A COURSE IN SIGHTSINGING Samuel Cole and Leo Lewis Theodore Presser Co., 2004 ISBN: 9789200129384 TBC RHYTHM BOOK available from your instructor 371 HARMONIZED CHORALES Johann Sebastian Bach            Alfred Publishing Company, 1985 ISBN: 9780769240916 ________________________________________________________________________________  MU161 Keyboard Skills 1 TBC BOOK OF SCALES, ARPEGGIOS, AND CADENCES available from your instructor MIKROKOSMOS, VOLUME 1 Bela Bartok Boosey & Hawkes, 1987 ISBN: 9790060080012 MU162 Keyboard Skills 2 MIKROKOSMOS, VOLUME 2 Bela Bartok Boosey & Hawkes, 1987 ISBN: 9790060080029 CONTINUO PLAYING ACCORDING TO HANDEL: HIS FIGURED BASS EXERCISES David Ledbetter (Editor) Oxford University Press, 1990 ISBN: 9780193184336 TBC BOOK OF SCALES, ARPEGGIOS, AND CADENCES MIKROKOSMOS, VOLUME 1 see MU161 Keyboard Skills 1 MU173 Piano Class 1 TBC PIANO CLASS BOOK available from your instructor MIKROKOSMOS VOLUME 3 Bela Bartok Boosey & Hawkes, 1987 ISBN: 9790060080036 MIKROKOSMOS, VOLUME 2 CONTINUO PLAYING ACCORDING TO HANDEL: HIS FIGURED BASS EXERCISES see MU162 Keyboard Skills 2 MU174 Piano Class 2 CONTINUO PLAYING ACCORDING TO HANDEL: HIS FIGURED BASS EXERCISES see MU162 Keyboard Skills 2 MIKROKOSMOS, VOLUME 3 TBC PIANO CLASS BOOK see MU173 Piano Class 1 MU261 Keyboard Theory 1 MIKROKOSMOS VOLUME 4 Bela Bartok Boosey & Hawkes, 1987 ISBN: 9781423440680 CONTINUO PLAYING ACCORDING TO HANDEL: HIS FIGURED BASS EXERCISES see MU162 Keyboard Skills 2 MU261 Keyboard Theory 1 MIKROKOSMOS VOLUME 4 371 HARMONIZED CHORALES see MU262 Keyboard Theory 2 CONTINUO PLAYING ACCORDING TO HANDEL: HIS FIGURED BASS EXERCISES see MU162 Keyboard Skills 2 TBC PIANO CLASS BOOK see MU173 Piano Class 1 ______________________________________________________________________ back to top  MU111 Music Fundamentals MU115 Harmony & Counterpoint 1 THE MUSIC THEORY HANDBOOK Marjorie Merryman Wadsworth Publishing, 1996 ISBN: 9780155026629 371 HARMONIZED CHORALES Johann Sebastian Bach            Alfred Publishing Company, 1985 ISBN: 9780769240916 WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN MUSIC Aaron Copland Signet Classics, 2002 ISBN: 9780451528674 TBC PIANO CLASS BOOK available from your instructor MU116 Harmony & Counterpoint 2 VARIATIONS, RONDOS, AND OTHER WORKS FOR PIANO Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dover Publications ISBN: 9780486268828 THE MUSIC THEORY HANDBOOK 371 HARMONIZED CHORALES WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN MUSIC TBC PIANO CLASS BOOK see MU115 Harmony & Counterpoint 1 MU215 Harmony & Counterpoint 3 COMPLETE SONG CYCLES Franz Schubert Dover Publications ISBN: 9780486226491 THE MUSIC THEORY HANDBOOK 371 HARMONIZED CHORALES WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN MUSIC TBC PIANO CLASS BOOK see MU115 Harmony & Counterpoint 1 MU216 Harmony & Counterpoint 4 PIANO SONATAS VOLUME 1 Ludwig Van Beethoven Dover Publications ISBN: 9780486231341 PRELUDES, OP. 28 Frederic Chopin W.W. Norton & Co.; 1974 ISBN: 9780393096996 THE MUSIC THEORY HANDBOOK 371 HARMONIZED CHORALES WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN MUSIC TBC PIANO CLASS BOOK see MU115 Harmony & Counterpoint 1 ______________________________________________________________________ back to top  MU317 Form & Analysis 1: Sonata and Variation TBC SONATA/VARIATION ANTHOLOGY available from your instructor MU318 Form & Analysis 2: Fugue and Counterpoint CONTINUO PLAYING ACCORDING TO HANDEL: HIS FIGURED BASS EXERCISES David Ledbetter (Editor) Oxford University Press, 1990 ISBN: 9780193184336 THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER: BOOKS 1 AND 2 Johann Sebastian Bach Dover Publications ISBN: 9780486245324 LATE STRING QUARTETS AND THE GROSSE FUGE Ludwig van Beethoven Dover Publications, 1998 ISBN: 9780486401119 OCTET FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS Igor Stravinsky Boosey & Hawkes HL: 48009521 THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA Benjamin Britten Boosey & Hawkes, HL.48009035 MU417 Form & Analysis 3: 20th-Century Analysis MUSIC IN THE WESTERN WORLD: A HISTORY IN DOCUMENTS Piero Weiss and Richard Taruskin Schirmer; 1st Edition, 1984 ISBN: 9780028729008 TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC: A HISTORY OF MUSICAL STYLE IN MODERN EUROPE AND AMERICA Robert P. Morgan W.W. Norton & Co.; 1st edition, 1991 ISBN: 9780393952728 ANTHOLOGY OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC Robert P. Morgan W.W. Norton & Co.; 1st edition, 1992 ISBN: 9780393952841 QUATUOR POUR LA FIN DU TEMPS Olivier Messiaen Editions Durand Catalog No: HL.50561457 SYMPHONY OP.21 Anton Webern Universal Edition ISBN: 978M008022976 ______________________________________________________________________ back to top  MU251 Music History 1: Ancient to Early Renaissance A HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC J. Peter Burkholder, Donald J. Grout and  Claude V. Palisca W.W. Norton & Co.; 7th Edition, 2005 ISBN: 9780393979916 MUSIC IN THE WESTERN WORLD: A HISTORY IN DOCUMENTS Piero Weiss and Richard Taruskin Schirmer; 1st Edition, 1984 ISBN: 9780028729008 THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN MUSIC, VOLUME 1: ANCIENT TO BAROQUE Claude V. Palisca (Editor) W.W. Norton & Co.; 5th edition, 2005 ISBN: 9780393979909 NORTON RECORDED ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN MUSIC: ANCIENT TO BAROQUE (6-CD set) Donald J. Grout W.W. Norton & Co.; 4th edition, 2001 ISBN: 9780393103663 MU252 Music History 2: Late Renaissance to Baroque A HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC MUSIC IN THE WESTERN WORLD: A HISTORY IN DOCUMENTS THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN MUSIC, VOLUME 1: ANCIENT TO BAROQUE NORTON RECORDED ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN MUSIC: ANCIENT TO BAROQUE see MU251 Music History 1 MU351 Music History 3: Classic THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN MUSIC, VOLUME 2: CLASSIC TO MODERN Claude V. Palisca (Editor) W.W. Norton & Co.; 5th edition, 2005 ISBN: 9780393925623 NORTON RECORDED ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN MUSIC: CLASSIC TO MODERN (6-CD set) Donald J. Grout W.W. Norton & Co.; 4th edition, 2001 ISBN: 9780393103670 A HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC MUSIC IN THE WESTERN WORLD: A HISTORY IN DOCUMENTS see MU251 Music History 1 MU352 Music History 4: Romantic A HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC MUSIC IN THE WESTERN WORLD: A HISTORY IN DOCUMENTS see MU251 Music History 1 THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN MUSIC, VOLUME 2: CLASSIC TO MODERN NORTON RECORDED ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN MUSIC: CLASSIC TO MODERN see MU351 Music History 3 MU451 Music History 5: 20th-Century and Modern TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC: A HISTORY OF MUSICAL STYLE IN MODERN EUROPE AND AMERICA Robert P. Morgan W.W. Norton & Co.; 1st edition, 1991 ISBN: 9780393952728 ANTHOLOGY OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC Robert P. Morgan W.W. Norton & Co.; 1st edition, 1992 ISBN: 9780393952841 ______________________________________________________________________ back to top