MUS 361 Harmony/Theory IV

A study of the diverse approaches to musical composition from the last decades of the nineteenth century to the present. Topics include musical impressionism, expressionism, neoclassicalism, neoromanticism, expanded tonality, and electronic music.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MUS 360

Offered

Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

1. You will have gained a familiarity with extended and chromatic harmonies such as 9th, 11th, and 13th chords, altered dominants, and chromatic mediants.
2. You will have learned to recognize and analyze these harmonic extensions in music of the romantic period, impressionist period, and early 20th century.
3. You will discover new methods of analysis (pitch class set theory) and apply them to non- tonal and 12-tone music.
4. You will have surveyed music and continuing harmonic developments in post WWII music.