MUS 523

Fall 2011 All Classes

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Seminar in Musicology

Credit: 4 hours.

Problems in historical and systematic musicology or ethnomusicology; discussions of special problems and reports on individual research.

May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hous. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in musicology or consent of instructor.

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MUS 523 class schedule data for fall 2011
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32821	Lecture-Discussion	A	12:00PM -2:50PM	W	3142 Music Building	Magee, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/11-12/07/11 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Info: TOPIC: 1927 The year 1927 will be the focal point for a wide-ranging seminar-style exploration of musical issues in America and Europe, including: the impact of technology (radio, recordings, film) on musical creation and dissemination, of machine aesthetics (pianolas, proto-electroacoustic experiments), of racial representations and assumptions, and of urbanization; the co-existing aesthetics of neoclassicism, serialism, neue Sachlichkeit, varieties of American modernism, Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, jazz, blues, the Harlem Renaissance, and their intersections. Readings, listening, and discussion will govern class meetings, culminating in a final research project that intersects meaningfully with the year 1927. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to Music or Musicology major(s).
32824	Lecture-Discussion	B	10:00AM -12:50PM	T	1188 Music Building	Solis, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/11-12/07/11 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Info: TOPIC: JAZZ AVANT GARDISM Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to Music or Musicology major(s).
32825	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -4:50PM	R	1188 Music Building	Magee, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/11-12/07/11 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Info: TOPIC: Film Music: Animation This graduate seminar examines the changing role of music within animated cartoons and feature-length films since the advent of film sound in the late 1920s. Using Daniel Goldmark's Tunes for Toons (California, 2005) as a text, this intensive seminar will include a brief introduction to film music history and standard terminology, as well as selected readings drawn from musicology, American history, and film music studies. Weekly themes include music, media and technology; music within entertainment industries (jazz, network radio, songwriting and sound recording, Broadway musicals, television, video games, etc.); and the encoding of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and class in musical scores. Students will complete several smaller papers responding to secondary literature; a major research paper; and an extensive presentation on a topic approved by the instructor. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.