Month: January 2012
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(musTh 212) Anthology
I’ve heard that bookstores may be out of the Burkhart Anthology. It is available through Amazon and other online sellers, but be sure to get the 7th edition (from 2011). If you already have the previous edition (we used the one with the Postmodern update until this year), it will work. You will just need…
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(maxmsp) Introductory Stuff
I’ve linked to Michael Olson’s blog on the right (in the BSU part of my Blog roll). You can go there to download the demo patcher from Wednesday, or you can also find it in my example patchers folder in iLocker. Some key things to keep in mind from Wednesday’s lecture: order of operation (Right-to-Left)…
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(musTh 212) Integer Notation
I’ve covered this before. http://teachingmusic.keithkothman.com/2008/01/musth212-lecture-notes-integer-notation/
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(musTh 212) Assignment 1 – Twilight of the Tonal System
Assignment for Friday, January 13: I. Read Kostka chapter 1. Take notes, as if you might have a reading quiz on Friday. II. Listen and look at pieces for the homework assignment. Read Burkhart’s comments and the translations. “In der Frühe,” by Hugo Wolf (Anthology, pp. 412 – 414) “Ruhe, meine Seele,” by Richard Strauss…
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(musTh 212) Twilight of the Tonal System
Various things from chapter 1 of the Kostka, plus pitch-class/integer numbering. A lot of the terms in chapter 1 are self-explanatory. I’m only going to highlight some key concepts. Chromatic mediant relationships increase chromaticism in late tonal music, and they help in weakening circle-of-fifth progressions. Chromatic mediants will have two triads with roots a third apart,…