Early Modern Theories

Catalog description

A survey of theories of music from Zarlino to Lewin set against the relevant contexts of Western art music history. Topics include contrapuntal theory in Zarlino, musical rhetoric and early harmonic theory in Rameau, Rameaus detractors and supporters, Koch and theory of melody, Weber and harmonic analysis, Marx and musical form, Riemann and harmonic function, Schoenberg vs. Schenker, Babbitt and 12-tone combinatoriality Forte and set theory, and Lewin and transformation theory. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2111 .