22 courses with the subject TH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
4 hrs weekly/4 credits/Fall semester This course provides a systematic introduction to the musical characteristics of Medieval and Renaissance Music. The class involves writing (species counterpoint) and analysis of musical examples by a wide range of composers.
4 hrs weekly/4 credits/Spring semester This course stresses an understanding of Common Practice diatonic and chromatic harmonic procedures and four-part writing, including an introduction to formal analysis.
3 hrs weekly/3 credits/Fall semester As a continuation of TH0002, this course examines examples from Baroque counterpoint to the harmonic language of the late 19th century. Detailed analysis of representatives works, genres, and forms (fugue, sonata form, character piece, Lied) will be undertaken.
3 hrs weekly/3 credits/Spring semester This course is a study of the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, contrapuntal, and formal innovations of the 20th Century beginning with Late Romanticism and Impressionism and moving through recent developments. Detailed analysis of representative works will be undertaken.
2.5 hrs weekly/2 credits This course is a review of the evolution of tonal, rhythmic, and formal principles of composition from Medieval music to music of the 20th century.
2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Spring semester This course focuses on the analysis of representative piano sonatas from each period, with particular attention to performance problems, including tempo, dynamic range, use of pedal, innovative effects, and Beethoven's striking use of harmony. Student performance is encouraged.
2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Fall semester This course focuses on the analysis of representative string quartets, with particular attention to the evolution of musical form as well as musical sources and influences. Class performances will highlight specific musical aspects. ntury Music: 2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Fall semester This course traces the concepts of musical serialism and absolute space from the beginning of the 20th to the beginning of the 21st century. The semester ends with a discussion of intuitive music and improvisation.
Debussy Cont. 2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Spring semester This course traces the concept of the musical object from the beginning of the 20th to the beginning of the 21st century. The semester ends with a discussion of contemporary female composers.
2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Fall semester Focusing exclusively on Italian vocal music, this course will explore how the diverse Italian musical tradition changed, and developed throughout the centuries, from the Renaissance to the present. The course will show how the inevitable changes in the style did not prevent the Italian music to keep certain constant elements. These specific elements allow the listeners to find a peculiar quality, in the Italian Renaissance, and Baroque polyphony, in the Classical and Romantic Italian Opera, until the eclectic approach to vocal writing in the Italian contemporary music. Non-sequential semesters. TH2691-TH2692 Orchestration 1 & 2 2 hrs weekly/2 credits per semester This course focuses on the study of instrumentation, arranging, and scoring for instrumental ensembles and orchestra. Fall semester: Strings, harp, timpani, full orchestra. Spring semester: Woodwinds and brass. Non-sequential semesters. TH2701-TH2702 Creative Spirituality 1&2 2 hrs weekly/2 credits per semester This course includes lecture-demonstrations exploring the relation of music to mythology and ritual, from ancient to modern, from Eastern to Western. Performance is an integral part of the course. Topics will range from Gregorian chant to Tibetan mystic song. Non-sequential semesters. 166 C ourse De scrip tions
2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Spring semester Focusing on Stravinsky’s works, this course will explore how the Russian composer developed a unique style through the different stages of his career. The course will show Stravinsky’s musical techniques, changes in his aesthetic view and the relationship with music of the past. It will be seen how Stravinsky could embrace multiple and diverse influences without losing its personal touch. The course will study the forms and structures, orchestration and the pitches’ organization, through which Stravinsky could create such personal, and at the same time a universal artistic world.
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Source: Manhattan School of Music's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
