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21M.310 Techniques of 20th-Century Composition
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Undergrad (Fall) HASS Arts
Prereq: 21M.302 or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
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Lecture: MW11-12.30 (VIRTUAL)
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Students complete written and analytical exercises based on compositional forms and practices from the first half of the 20th century. Areas covered include compositions based upon artificial scales and modes, as in Debussy, Bartok, and Stravinsky; compositions based on atonal pitch organizations, as with Schoenberg and Webern; compositions based on rhythmic process, timbral exploration, and/or non-Western influences. Basic instrumentation will be taught, and compositions will be performed in class.
C. Shadle
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