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21M.302

Harmony and Counterpoint II

3-2-7 units. HASS-A · Undergraduate

A continuation of 21M.301 , including chromatic harmony and modulation, a more extensive composition project, keyboard laboratory, and musicianship laboratory. Limited to 20 per section.

Spring 2005

In this subject, we explore the harmonic, melodic, and formal practices of western music, principally the so-called "Classical" idiom of central Europe, ca. 1750-1825. Topics include a quick review of material covered in 21M.301, chromatic harmony (vii{{< sup "o7" >}}, bII{{< sup "6" >}}, and chords of the augmented sixth), and chromatic modulation; lecture study and discussion are complemented by work in the keyboard laboratory and sight-singing laboratory. All areas of study will be integrated in a semester-long project of composing a theme and two variations in Classical style.

Readings

  • Aldwell, Edward, and Carl Schachter. Harmony and Voice Leading . 3rd ed. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace, 2002. ISBN: 9780155062429. The chapter structure of the 2nd and 3rd editions is identical; so if you find a copy of the 2nd ed., feel free to use it (keeping in mind that the page numbers won’t match those of the 3rd ed.).
    Required
  • Various Composers. Five centuries of choral music for mixed voices . Vol. 1. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1963.
    Required
  • Ottman, Robert. Music for sight-singing . 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN: 9780131456709.
    Required
  • Aldwell, Edward, and Carl Schachter. Harmony and voice leading . 3rd ed. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace, 2002. ISBN: 9780155062429.
    Listed reading
  • Allanbrook, Wye Jamison. Rhythmic gesture in Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni . Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780226014036.
    Listed reading
  • Larsen, Jens Peter. Handel, Haydn, and the Viennese Classical style . Ann Arbor, Mich: UMI Research Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780835718516.
    Listed reading
  • Ratner, Leonard. Classic music: Expression, form, and style . New York, NY: Schirmer Books, 1981. ISBN: 9780028720203.
    Listed reading
  • Parakilas, James, et. al. Piano roles: Three hundred years of life with the piano . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0300083513.
    Listed reading
  • Rosen, Charles. The Classical style . Exp. ed. New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1997. ISBN: 9780393040203.
    Listed reading
  • Please be sure to read each chapter prior to the class meeting for which it is listed.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapters 1-6.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapters 7-13.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapter 20.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapter 21.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapters 14 and 26.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapter 22.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapter 25.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapter 28.
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  • A+Sch. Chapter 29.
    Listed reading
  • A+Sch. Chapter 23.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 21M.301 or permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring) 3-2-7 units. HASS-A

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