Music 591S - S-Post-Tonal Thry

Introduction to the theory and analysis of post-tonal music, drawn from the work of Forte, Rahn, Perle, and others. Basic concepts including pitch class, integer notation, pitch-class sets, normal form, set class relatedness, symmetry, and interval cycles. Analytic applications to compositions of Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Bartok, Debussy and others.

This course is open to Music Graduate students in any concentration. Undergraduate Music majors can enroll with instructor permission only.