Course Offerings

For complete information as to courses offered in the current year, students
should consult the schedule of course offerings available each semester in the
Registrar’s Office. Courses numbered 100 through 499 are undergraduate
level; courses numbered 500 through 999 are graduate level. Course numbers
preceded by a “»” are typically offered each academic year. Course numbers
followed by a “T” are taught to mixed classes of undergraduates and graduates.
Undergraduate students may register for graduate-level courses with the
instructor’s permission. Courses followed by a “*” are repeatable for credit.
Courses followed by a “**” are repeatable for credit if the topic has changed
(permission from Academic Advisor required).

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

HP 311T – Renaissance Improvisation
Renaissance musicians improvised with a brilliance unsurpassed in any
repertoire. Blending characteristics of both classical and popular music,
Renaissance music allows great expressive freedom in a wide variety of
forms and styles. We will work extensively with the improvisations manuals
of virtuosi such as Ganassi, Ortiz and Bassano which give a multitude of
improvisation exercises and written out solos and will learn to internalize
their brilliant vocabularies into a personal style. We will also study
Renaissance polyphony in madrigals, motets, songs and dances, learn
to improvise within these compositions as well as how to improvise over
grounds, create free fantasias, etc. Through study and performance of
Renaissance masterpieces, extensive listening and polyrhythmic practice
and student compositions, we will learn to improvise fluently in the melodic
style of the 16th century and enjoy enriched interpretative skills which will
enhance any repertoire. (2 credits) Tyson

»HP 447T – Issues in Historical Performance
Designed to help students understand different and often conflicting
approaches to music of the past. Through the study of recordings made
by Stravinsky, Bartók, Rachmaninoff, and others, the course surveys the
role of composer as performer and progresses to the role of performer as
composer in the modern Baroque style. Selected readings from influential
works on performance practice. Parallels are drawn between fashions in
musical performance and those in contemporary composition and other
arts. (2 credits) Gibbons

»HP 448T – Issues in Historical Performance
Continuation of HP 447T. Prerequisite: HP 447T or instructor’s permission.
(2 credits) Gibbons

HP 463T – Classical Era Chamber Music Performance
Representative chamber works of the late 18th century are studied and
performed on modern instruments. Performance practices of the period
are explored; characteristics of, and techniques for, original instruments
are examined; acoustical, social, and philosophical aspects are discussed.
Nineteenth- and 20th-century attitudes and approaches to the Classical style
are surveyed in writings and recordings. (2 credits) Gibbons

HP 464T – Classical Era Chamber Music Performance
Continuation of HP 463T. Prerequisite: HP 463T. (2 credits) Gibbons

HP 511T – Renaissance Improvisation
Graduate offering of HP 311T. (2 credits) Tyson

»HP 547T – Issues in Historical Performance
Graduate offering of HP 447T. (2 credits) Gibbons

»HP 548T – Issues in Historical Performance
Continuation of HP 547T. Prerequisite: HP 547T or instructor’s permission.
(2 credits) Gibbons

HP 563T – Classical Era Chamber Music Performance
Graduate offering of HP 463T. (2 credits) Gibbons

HP 564T – Classical Era Chamber Music Performance
Continuation of HP 563T. Prerequisite: HP 563T. (2 credits) Gibbons

HP 577 – Baroque Music Performance
Selected vocal and instrumental works from 1600 to 1750 will be studied
and performed in class. The course will proceed chronologically, beginning
with Caccini and Monteverdi and ending with Bach and Handel. Students
study editions and primary source material dealing with issues of style,
content, ornamentation, etc. Students will be tested on their familiarity with
repertoire and historical information. (2 credits) Gibbons

HP 578 – Baroque Music Performance
Continuation of HP 577. (2 credits) Gibbons

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