Composing for Real-Time Systems

This course examines complementary issues of time and space in 20th and 21st Century music, providing a nuanced discussion of how composers have attempted to redefine musical temporalities and portray or actively use acoustic or environmental spaces. From early spatialization experiments of Ives and Mahler to music that eschews traditional development - thus freezing temporality (Feldman) - or is in a constant state of transition (spectral music), we will also examine ideas of orchestrated spaces produced by timbral and material constructions of instruments, and advances in complex timbres and electronics. Enrollment limited to 15. Instructor’s permission required for undergraduates.