Analysis of 19th Century Music

Catalog description

This course will provide students with a variety of tools for the analysis of music from Schubert to Mahler and early Schoenberg. The primary emphases will be on small-scale (chord-to-chord) harmonic organization, on the larger-scale organization of tonal centers, and on form, but other issues will also be explored (e.g. rhythm and meter, text/music relations). The course will sample a wide range of repertoires, including solo piano music, orchestral music, and opera, and it will have a special emphasis on chamber music including the German Lied.