All students registering for
courses must have their choices approved
by the Director of Graduate Studies. Students not enrolled in the
department must have written approval of the instructor and/or the
Director of Graduate Studies to register for a departmental course.
Composition and Theory
The specialization in composition
and theory is designed to provide
training in composition through original creative work and through
analytical study of other composers' works. Students explore current
and contemporary research in music theory and analysis, towards
philosophical, cognitive, perceptual, historical, cultural, and
aesthetic ends. The department's computer
music studio facilities may be viewed here.
The department makes arrangements for students
to
receive regular performances of their compositions by professional New
York City musicians in department sponsored series such as First
Performance and the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society
series. In addition to its full-time faculty, the department
regularly offers semester-long seminars in composition and theory
taught by distinguished visitors. (Recent visitors have included Mario
Davidovsky and Helmut Lachenmann among others.)
Course
work for composers typically includes the following:
1.
G71.2163
(20th-century Analysis) or G71.2132 (Music Since 1945)
or
G71.2198 (Special Topics)
2.
G71.2130
(Tonal Analysis) or G71.2134 (Studies in Tonal Theory)
or
G71.2198 (Special Topics)
3.
two
semesters of G71.2162 (Techniques of Music Composition)
4.
one
additional course each from the offerings in Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Composition and Theory
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Ethnomusicology
The
Ethnomusicology specialization
offers rigorous training in ethnomusicological theory, history,
methodology,
and fieldwork, preparing students for academic as well as public and
private
sector careers. We place special emphasis on popular music, urban
ethnomusicology, critical theory, and cultural studies, and our
students work
with musicians and ensembles from across the spectrum of New York City's
vibrant musical life. The
Ethnomusicology track cooperates on activities or cross-lists courses
with
many leading NYU departments and programs including Performance
Studies,
Anthropology, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
Religious
Studies, and Irish Studies (Glucksman Irish House). NYU departments
outside of
Music also include a number of prominent scholars who have researched
and
written about music, including Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Robin
Kelly,
Barbara Browning, George Yœdice, Andrew Ross and others.
Course work typically includes:
1.
G71.2101
(Introduction to Musicology)
2.
G71.2136
(Ethnomusicology: Theory and History)
3.
G71.2166
(Musical Ethnography)
4.
one
other graduate course from the department
5. a
course in the humanities or social sciences
Ethnomusicology Web Site
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Historical
Musicology
The specialization in historical
musicology is intended to familiarize students with the modes of
thought and research techniques in that discipline. Students should
expect to develop skills in document study, archival research,
analysis, editing, and the study of performance practices,
historiography, and recent critical approaches such as genre, gender ,
and reception studies.
Course
work typically includes:
1.
G71.2101
(Introduction to Musicology)
2.
G71.2136
(Ethnomusicology: Theory and History)
3. a
course in musical analysis
Students
should chose other courses from a range of repertoires and critical
perspectives.
Historical
Musicology Web Site
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Certificate
in Early
Music
The
department and its Center for Early Music offer a program of study in
the performance practice of medieval, Renaissance, and baroque music
that combines traditional musicological course work with performance
laboratory research. It is intended for the gifted performer
specializing in the re-creation of early music, for whose work a solid
musicological background is essential.
Students
seeking admission
should normally have an undergraduate degree in music, including
knowledge of music from before circa 1630, and some experience of
performing in an early music ensemble or on early instruments. At the
discretion of the director of graduate studies, students without a
first degree but with exceptional experience in early music performance
may be admitted. The certificate may also be taken as part of the
program for the Ph.D.
The
certificate program consists of 24 points of
course work, including:
1. G71.2101 (Introduction to Musicology)
2. G71.2102 (Notation and Editing of Early Music)
3. one year of G71.1001-1002 (Collegium Musicum)
The
remaining courses are chosen from those dealing with medieval,
Renaissance, and baroque topics.
The Center for Early Music Web Site
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