contemporary composition seminar fall 2012
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Contemporary Composition Seminar Fall 2012. Instructor: Prof. SIGMAN Thursday 14:00-16:00 Lecture I. 0. Administrata. Required Textbooks. Paul Griffiths, Modern Music and After Michael Nyman, Experimental Music [available @ Amazon, Kyobo, etc.] - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Contemporary Composition SeminarFall 2012
Instructor: Prof. SIGMANThursday 14:00-16:00
Lecture I
0. Administrata
Required Textbooks
1) Paul Griffiths, Modern Music and After
1) Michael Nyman, Experimental Music
[available @ Amazon, Kyobo, etc.]
Additional articles/excerpts/book chapters supplied and assigned by instructor.
Assessment
• Weekly assignments• Midterm Exam • Final Exam• Final Paper (ca. 5 pages) • Attendance/Participation/Attitude
Office Hours
• Wednesday ( 수요일 ) 14:00-15:00, or by appointment
• Room 376
• Feel free to email me at any time!
Course Language
• [English and limited Korean]
• If *anything* is unclear, please let me know!!
Lecture slides…
• …will be emailed to you after each class
I. Course Content
A. Topics
• Music since ca. 1950
• “Style” and “Structure” : aesthetics, techniques, how they influence each other and change over time
• Experimental Music Movements and Tendencies
B. Activities
• Readings• Music analysis • Critical listening • Writing
D. Course Structure
• 1) by chronology
• 2) by geography
E. Composer Survey
• See COMPOSER LIST document
• Some pieces/composers analysed in depth
• Others discussed superficially
• * = pieces to be discussed in class
F. Caveats
• 1) Syllabus subject to change!
• 2) Not ALL subtopics and pieces will be covered!!
• Don’t worry! You will survive!
Composer Collage
II. Review of Repertoire, 1900-1950
A. Game: “Name That Tune”
• This is not a test!!
• Listen to the following pieces
• If you know of the name of the composer (and piece?), write it down. If not, guess!!
B. Important (early) 20th Century Composers
• Schönberg• Stravinsky• Debussy• Ravel• Berg• Webern• Cage• Satie• Bartok• Ives • Varèse• Messiaen • Cowell • Carl Ruggles • Percy Grainger • Harry Partch • ??
C. Important Movements/Aesthetics/Approaches,
1900-1950• Impressionism• Expressionism• Serialism and Post-Serialism (European and
North American) • Neo-Classicism• American Experimentalism • Nationalism
Assignment for 13 September
• 1) Choose 3 of your favourite pieces composed between 1900-1950
• 2) Tell me why they are your favourite pieces (1-2 sentences each)