Ends and Means: Issues in Composition
MUS 534
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In this seminar, we study musical forms and patterns. The topics include existing musical forms like formes fixes, contrapuntal forms, and sonatas; parallels and disjunctures between music and literature in the ways time, perspectives, and narratives are shaped; and music inspired by geometrical shapes and patterns (polygons, fractals, tessellations, spirals, waves, etc.), both man-made and natural. We explore concepts such as self-similarity, (a)symmetry, and exponential changes. The objective is to broaden our understanding of musical form and develop creative narrative strategies.
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Section S01
- Type: Seminar
- Section: S01
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 0
- Capacity: 15
- Class Number: 20916
- Schedule: M 01:30 PM-04:30 PM