The music of Bach and Handel, concentrating of their vocal works. Prerequisite: 110 or permission of the instructor.

Basic techniques of composition, including melody, simple two-part writing, and instrumentation. Analysis of representative literature. No previous composition experience required. Prerequisite: 110 or permission of the instructor.

Topics course. Music is a thorny issue in most Islamic societies. There is often tension between hardliners who believe that music has no place in Islam and thus try to prohibit it and those who tolerate it, albeit within well-defined parameters. The debate intensifies in the case of popular music. Despite this, there is an incredible variety of vibrant popular music traditions throughout the Islamic world.

Topics course. The course will combine exploration of jazz music with examination of topics in the social and cultural history of jazz. Musically, the development of jazz will be traced from the early styles that took root in New Orleans and Chicago to the challenging "free jazz" sounds of the 1960s and the 1970s, and into the current "postmodern" moment of jazz history.

An introduction to formal analysis and tonal harmony, and a study of pieces in the standard repertory. Regular exercises in harmony. Prerequisite: ability to read standard pitch and rhythmic notation in treble and bass clefs, major and minor key signatures, time signatures, and to name intervals. (A placement test is given before the fall semester for incoming students). One fifty-minute ear training section required per week, in addition to classroom meetings. Sections are limited to 20.

An introduction to formal analysis and tonal harmony, and a study of pieces in the standard repertory. Regular exercises in harmony. Prerequisite: ability to read standard pitch and rhythmic notation in treble and bass clefs, major and minor key signatures, time signatures, and to name intervals. (A placement test is given before the fall semester for incoming students). One fifty-minute ear training section required per week, in addition to classroom meetings. Sections are limited to 20.

This course serves as an introduction to the history of western music by studying in detail the first performances of a small number of singularly important works in the western tradition including Orfeo, (Monteverdi), Messiah (Handel), the Ninth Symphony (Beethoven), the Symphony fantastique (Berlioz), and Le Sacre du printemps (Stravinsky).

A survey of the world's musical traditions, usually including areas of Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, India, Indonesia, and East Asia. Each unit will contain a general overview of the region, detailed study of one or more genres, and a discussion of contemporary popular musics. No prerequisites.

By permission of the department, normally for majors who have had at least four semester courses at the intermediate level.