MUSC 150B Music Analysis and Composition

A course designed to synthesize the analysis and the composition of musical works. Tonal and post-tonal music compositions analyzed, including harmonic, rhythmic, and formal structure analysis. Works discussed include J.S. Bach (and related music by Johannes Brahms, John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Krzysztof Penderecki); Claude Debussy and Bela Bartok; Arnold Schoenberg (and Anton Webern); Olivier Messiaen (and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Elliot Carter).