Time Schedule:
Jonathan W Bernard
MUSIC 599
Seattle Campus
Selected readings on current issues and problems in music. Prerequisite: permission of a supervising music faculty member.
Class description
The topic for this version of 599 is Riemannian and neo-Riemannian theory. We will read some of Riemann's original work (in English translation) and then continue with some of the principal work that has "resurrected" his ideas from the early 1980s on (Lewin, Cohn, et al), including an extensive exploration of Daniel Harrison's fairly recent book, *Harmonic Function in Chromatic Music.*
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Seminar format
Recommended preparation
A solid background in undergraduate-level tonal theory, plus the ability and willingness to do extensive reading at an advanced and highly demanding level and to write an original paper that draws on the ideas exposed in this reading. Permission of instructor required
Class assignments and grading
Readings in historical and contemporary theory
Class participation, including presentation; final paper
