Graduate Bulletin 1999-2001
MUSIC GRADUATE COURSES
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE
MUHL M700 Graduate Review Music History 3 cr. hrs.
The Graduate Review of Music History course is designed to prepare the student for graduate study in music history. It will focus mainly on the pre-classic periods and the 20th century. Credit from this course may not count towards a degree.
MUHL M705 Music History—Medieval/Renaissance 3 cr. hrs.
This course looks at music from antiquity through the Renaissance, its philosophical and theoretical foundations, with an emphasis upon direct exposure to the music itself.
MUHL M706 Music History—Baroque/Classic 3 cr. hrs.
This course looks at the evolution of musical style and form in the Baroque and Classic eras, including composers from Monteverdi through Mozart and Haydn.
MUHL M708 Music History—Romantic 3 cr. hrs.
This course examines the style and philosophy of 19th-century music from Beethoven through Mahler and Strauss.
MUHL M709 Music History—Contemporary 3 cr. hrs.
This course examines the music from impressionists to the present, with primary focus upon masterworks of the 20th century.
MUHL M804 Solo Vocal Literature 3 cr. hrs.
This course offers a survey of solo vocal literature other than opera from the Baroque era to the present.
MUHL M805 Choral Literature 3 cr. hrs.
This course offers an extensive study of choral literature and style from the Middle Ages to the present.
MUHL M806 Guitar Literature 3 cr. hrs.
This course is an extensive study of guitar literature.
MUHL M807 Opera Literature 3 cr. hrs.
This course offers a survey of opera from the 17th century to the present.
MUHL M808 Keyboard Literature I 3 cr. hrs.
This course looks at keyboard music from the Elizabethan Virginal School through the French clavecinists, including the late German Baroque masters such as Bach and Handel. Listening is required.
MUHL M809 Keyboard Literature II 3 cr. hrs.
This course focuses on keyboard music from pre-classical composers to the present day. Listening is required.
MUHL M810 Orchestral Literature 3 cr. hrs.
This course offers a survey of orchestral literature from the Baroque to the present and includes stylistic analysis of selected works.
MUHL M811 Chant, Hymnody, and Psalmody 3 cr. hrs.
This is a survey course of the main forms of church music. Approximately one third of the course will be devoted to Gregorian chant, including the notation, interpretation, conducting, and psalmody. The second third will study hymns of other traditions; in particular, the chorales of the Lutheran church, the theology of the Eucharistic hymns of Wesley, and contributions of the Church of England. The concluding third will focus on modern practice, sources, hymnals, and other materials.