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May 17, 2025
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Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog
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MUS 557 - Topics in Theory
Studies in the writings of music theorists from the Middle Ages through the present day in the context of contemporary repertoires. Recent topics have included modal theory as a model for melodic construction; efforts to adapt modal theory to polyphonic practice; rhythm in theory and practice; theories of tonality from Rameau to Schenker; theoretical approaches to post-tonal and 12-tone music; and theories of timbre and texture.
3 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
Offered Fall or Spring
Repeatable May be repeated for credit.
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