A history of ballet from its origins in the French courts through its development into a large-scale theatrical spectacle in the 19th century and its modernist deformation.
MUS214: Projects in Vocal Performance: French Melodies
Ronald Cappon
Barbara Rearick
The class will be a survey of the development of classical French Melodie art songs. Students will attend a 3 hr. class. Lecture and song preparation for final recital.
MUS208: Music for Large Chamber Ensemble Drawn from Less-Performed Works
Michael Pratt
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.
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.
An introduction to the art of writing words for music, an art at the core of almost every literary tradition from Homer through Beowulf to W.B Yeats and beyond.
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.
MUS510 is for students in the department who wish to gain experience of central importance to their area of study by working outside of the University capacity.
MUS510 is for students in the department who wish to gain experience of central importance to their area of study by working outside of the University capacity.
This seminar explores the history, culture, and politics of Moscow, a metropolis of 12 million that is at once the capital of the Russian Federation and a state of its own, distinct from the rest of the country and the world.
We examine the music of the late British composer Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012). His writings on musical inspiration and Buddhist philosophy show that he thought of composition as an act of compassion.
The topic of this course is interdisciplinary collaboration. The motivations that are precursors to, the products resulting from, and the strategies and processes one might use to develop collaborative work are explored.
MUS513: Topics in 19th- and Early 20th-Century Music: Tchaikovsky
Simon A. Morrison
This course explores the career of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, from his first civic-minded compositions and salon songs through to his first ballet Swan Lake, the operas Eugene Onegin and Mazeppa, the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Symphonies, his liturgical mus
MUS340: Advanced Concepts in Jazz Improvision: Creating Fresh Vocabulary
Rudresh Mahanthappa
This course will help students to develop new approaches as an improviser via transcribing solos of various jazz icons and analyzing their melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic content.
This course presents a rare opportunity to get a close-up experience of a professional production of a new opera. Andrew Lovett's one-act opera The Analysing Engine will be performed in November.
A composition course for independent, self-directed composers working in any style. The primary requirement is to compose a substantial piece and present it at our class concert at the end of the semester.
