The study of historical and theoretical concepts in jazz literature with emphasis on critical analysis. The study of African-American music as a scholarly discipline. The methodology of the discipline of Ethnomusicology. Specific cultural areas to be covered will depend on the interests of the students.
Enrollment is limited to ten.
Permission of instructor Written and aural exercises based on analyses of the contrapuntal style of Palestrina and his contemporaries. Permission of instructor Written and aural exercises based on analyses of the contrapuntal style of J.S. Bach and his successors. The use of musique concrete, analog and digital synthesis in musical compositions. Original student compositions analyzed in weekly discussions. Computer Music II Course will continue work on synthesis techniques, introduce digital sampling and examine a variety of compositional designs.