A survey of musical styles and performance traditions in European music from approximately 1600-1750, including the music of Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Handel, Rameau, and Bach.
A survey of musical styles and performance traditions in European music from approximately 1600-1750, including the music of Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Handel, Rameau, and Bach.
The PU Steel Band course will focus on the history and performance practice surrounding the steel drum band and its traditional musics from Trinidad and Tobago.
The PU Steel Band course will focus on the history and performance practice surrounding the steel drum band and its traditional musics from Trinidad and Tobago.
MUS208: Music for Large Chamber Ensemble Drawn from Less-Performed Works
Ruth Ochs
An exploration of music for large chamber ensemble from periods rarely addressed by Princeton performing ensembles, such as Baroque, Early Classical, and recent music by Princeton undergraduates.
MUS203: The Great Conductors; the Canonic Repertory
Michael Pratt
This course will present an overview of the great conductors of the recorded age, conducting the iconic symphonic repertory for which, in each case, they were most admired.
An introduction to the fundamentals of music theory through exercises in composition, ear-training, transcription, and analysis. A variety of music will be studied.
HUM470: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities: Voice
This seminar examines the theory and practice of the human voice across media including literature and music, as well as film, podcasting, social media, and other digital technologies.
EAS237: Imagining Sounds of China: Encounters and Fantasies
Chinese culture and history contain an abundance of sounds with distinctive timbres. They have been experienced, imagined and theorized locally and in cross-cultural dialogues.
An introduction to the fundamentals of music theory through exercises in melody, harmony, composition, ear-training, transcription, instrumentation and analysis. A variety of music will be studied.
MUS513: Topics in 19th- and Early 20th-Century Music: The Silver Age
Simon A. Morrison
This seminar explores the religious, mystical, and philosophical thought of the composers of Russia's Silver Age, circa 1890 to 1917. Scriabin, Rebikov, Rimsky-Korsakov, early Stravinsky,
MUS545: Contexts of Composition: Computers for Composers
Dmitri Tymoczko
This class provides a hands-on introduction to computer techniques, focusing on Max/MSP, but branching out into other areas depending on the interests of the class. There are two main goals of the class.
We study and respond to 10 albums from the 1970s to the present, considering songwriting, arranging, production, lyrics, performance practices, vocal styles, and all the related
elements to go into making these albums what they are.
This course includes score study and compositional prompts that traditionally fall under the heading of orchestration as well as broader inquiry into the manifold possibilities and practicalities of composing for orchestra.
MUS528: Seminar in Musicology: Studies in African Music
V. Kofi Agawu
Exploration of selected issues in African music research from a postcolonial perspective. Topics include rhythm, minimalism, iconicity, representation and the impact of tonality.
MUS520: Topics in Music from 1600 to 1800: Handel: Sources, Editing, and the Imagination
Wendy Heller
Focusing on selected operas and oratorios of Handel, in particular "Messiah", the seminar focuses on ways of reading 18th-century musical sources by modern editors of critical editions and by earlier musicians, such as Mozart and
