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MUTH 344 - Analyzing Beethoven’s Middle Period Music


Next Offered: Fall Semester

Semester Offered: First Semester
FC
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: CNDP/DDHU

The primary goal of the class is engage deeply with Classical forms by studying symphonies, piano sonatas, and string quartets from Beethoven’s middle period (approx. 1803-14).  Students will become well versed in William Caplin’s Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions (1998) and James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy’s Elements of Sonata Theory (2006).  They will also be exposed to analytical ideas of Janet Schmalfeldt, Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendorff, Heinrich Schenker, and Scott Burnham, among others.  The primary output will be three analytical papers on full-movement forms; these are designed to help students gain a critical understanding of the vocabulary and compositional strategies of Beethoven’s middle period.

Enrollment Limit: 18
Instructor: J. Miyake

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: MUTH 202 and 232.  Not open to students who have taken MUTH 340 (Form & Analysis, 343 (String Quartet), or 345 (Mozart.)



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