298. Experimental Course
Electronic and Computer Music I
Designed for both music and non-music majors. Introduction to the use of computers in music creation: overview of MIDI messages and protocol, sequencing, sound synthesis, audio recording and mixing. The course has two major parts: history and theory and studio/music creation. Prerequisite Musc 113 or Musc 114.
German Lyrical Poetry and the Tradition of the Art Song
The tension between language and music will be explored in terms of various theories of and programs for setting words to music. The interpretive qualities of recitation, setting and performance will be studied and whenever possible, rehearsed. Selected works of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf and Mahler will be examined as well as the poets: Goethe, Eichendorff, Heine, and Mörike. This course will be cross-listed in the German Department.