Theory and Analysis IV: Enharmonicism and Post-Tonality

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This is the fourth course in a four-semester sequence. Continued study of theoretical aspects of musical structure, derived from close analytical engagement with music from multiple time periods, with a primary focus on enharmonic practices in late-romantic classical music and post-tonal practices of early twentieth-century classical music. Extension of basic chromatic procedures (sequences, applied chords, tonicization/modulation, mixture, Neapolitan sixths, and augmented sixths) to remote relations requiring enharmonic interpretation. Introduction to methods of analysis for music not structured according to traditional European principles.