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MUTH 373 - Experimental Music and the Avant Garde


Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3
Attribute: CNDP
The course explores musical practices that have been understood as "avant garde" from the late 19th century to the present. Specific musical techniques and the broader aesthetic projects of a variety of innovative musical styles are investigated through close study of recordings, scores and readings. Some topics include: late works of Beethoven and Liszt (explored in terms of their latent modernity), music of Satie and his circle, works based on unusual tuning and temperament systems (including Harry Partch and LaMonte Young), selected works by Cage, Varese, Nancarrow, Ligeti, Crumb, Gubaidulina, Saariaho, as well as post-war serialism, minimalism, acoustic ecology (including music by Pauline Oliveros and R. Murray Schafer), and "avant-pop".
Enrollment Limit: 18
Instructor: R. Leydon
Consent of the Instructor Required: No
Prerequisites & Notes
MUTH 232

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