MUS 124 - Music Theory 4

Semester Hours: 4

Music Theory 4 is the fourth of four semesters of the music theory sequence. Topics to be covered will include: new approaches to tonal or centric writing, analysis of non-serial atonal music, analysis of twelve-tone music, neoclassicism, post-1945 serialism, expansion of approaches to rhythm, aleatoric music, sound mass, post-modernism and the use of quotation, minimalism, and present directions in compositional practice. Students will continue to use appropriate technologies for the study of music theory. Also included is an introductory study of the musics of India and Indonesia, particularly as they relate to exoticism in 20th-century European compositions.

Prerequisite: a grade of C- or higher in MUS 123: Theory 3.
Corequisite: students must also register for lab MUS 124L.

Note: Note: A letter grade of at least C- must be attained in MUS 124 in order for the course to count toward the music major.