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Contemporary Composition Seminar Fall 2012

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.]

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Contemporary Composition Seminar Fall 2012

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  1. Contemporary Composition SeminarFall 2012 Instructor: Prof. SIGMAN Thursday 14:00-16:00 Lecture I

  2. 0. Administrata

  3. Required Textbooks • Paul Griffiths, Modern Music and After • Michael Nyman, Experimental Music [available @ Amazon, Kyobo, etc.] Additional articles/excerpts/book chapters supplied and assigned by instructor.

  4. Assessment • Weekly assignments • Midterm Exam • Final Exam • Final Paper (ca. 5 pages) • Attendance/Participation/Attitude

  5. Office Hours • Wednesday (수요일) 14:00-15:00, or by appointment • Room 376 • Feel free to email me at any time!

  6. Course Language • [English and limited Korean] • If *anything* is unclear, please let me know!!

  7. Lecture slides… • …will be emailed to you after each class

  8. I. Course Content

  9. 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

  10. B. Activities • Readings • Music analysis • Critical listening • Writing

  11. D. Course Structure • 1) by chronology • 2) by geography

  12. E. Composer Survey • See COMPOSER LIST document • Some pieces/composers analysed in depth • Others discussed superficially • * = pieces to be discussed in class

  13. F. Caveats • 1) Syllabus subject to change! • 2) Not ALL subtopics and pieces will be covered!! • Don’t worry! You will survive!

  14. Composer Collage

  15. II. Review of Repertoire, 1900-1950

  16. 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!!

  17. 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 • ??

  18. C. Important Movements/Aesthetics/Approaches, 1900-1950 • Impressionism • Expressionism • Serialism and Post-Serialism (European and North American) • Neo-Classicism • American Experimentalism • Nationalism

  19. 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)

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