Focuses on representative compositions, such as Gregorian chant, masses, liturgical drama, madrigal, motet, and on such composers as Hildegard, Machaut, Dufay, Josquin, Palestrina, Lassus, and Monteverdi. Offered spring semester 1999 and in alternate years. Focuses on representative composers such as Monteverdi, Lully, Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel and in the classical period works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Emphasizes the development of opera, symphony, concerto, and chamber music. Focuses on structural analysis of particular works, such as Bach's Goldberg Variations, Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, and Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, among others.
Students prepare and present analysis of assigned works.
An in-depth study of one facet of music in these periods is required by the end of the semester. Offered fall semester 1998 and in alternate years. Offered spring semester 1998 and in alternate years. The seminar will focus on selected works of Hildegard von Bingen, Clara Schumann, Fanny Hensel, Maria Grandval, Ellen Taafe Zwilich and Laurie Anderson, among others. Offered fall semester annually.