| Topics in Music Theory & Analysis Beyond the Double Bar: The Natures of Transcription Temperament and Western Tuning ________________________________________________________________ Beyond the Double Bar: The Natures of Transcription MU419 (undergraduate registration) MU519 (graduate registration) Fall Semester 2008 Credits: MU419: 2 credits, MU519: 1 credit Prerequisites: Form & Analysis 1 or permission Instructor: Dalit Warshaw dwarshaw@bostonconservatory.edu Course Objectives When does the composition process officially end? Is the composer's transcription of his own work a mere arrangment, or an extension of the process? When another transcriber is involved, how does the original work maintain its own identity while collaborating with an alternate perspective and instrumentation? This course will explore the various natures of transcription, from basic transference to more creative translation. Works will include transcriptions of Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Moussorgsky, Mahler, Ravel, Schoenberg, Webern and others. Textbook TBC ANTHOLOGY |
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| ________________________________________________________________ Temperament and Western Tuning MU419(undergraduate registration) MU519 (graduate registration) Spring Semester 2009 Credits: MU419: 2 credits, MU519: 1 credit Prerequisites: Form & Analysis 1 or permission Instructor: James Dalton jdalton@bostonconservatory.edu Course Objectives The objectives of this course are to develop an understanding of the ways in which Western tuning systems have influenced specific composers and works. The course will examine the consequences of the Pythagorean, meantone, well-tempered and equal tempered tunings up to contemporary usage of quartertones, overtones, and just intonation. Textbook Required texts are available online from www.textbookx.com GENESIS OF A MUSIC Harry Partch Da Capo Press ISBN: 9780306801068 STRING QUARTET No.4 (Amazing Grace) Ben Johnston Smith Publications sylvias@smith-publications.com |
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