MUS 315 - 20th-Century Techniques

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Fully integrates study of 20th-century compositional techniques with examination of composer perspectives and historical events of time. Combines discussion of style and aesthetic perspective with analysis of building blocks of 20th-century musical language as encountered in representative works of tonal, post-tonal, atonal and 12-tone construction. Use of form, systems of analysis such as set theory and 12-tone theory and exploration of other dimensions of music-making including orchestration, texture, meter, rhythm, sound color and technology.

Prerequisite(s): MUS 311.