Music (Music)
Performing Organizations
All performing organization courses may be repeated for credit and are open
to both lower- and upper-division students.
The courses below include the technical, stylistic, and aesthetic elements
of musical literature; rehearsal and public performance.
2-102. Commuity Chorus (1)
3-103. Concert Choir (1-2)
4-104. Chamber Singers (1-2)
5-105. Musical Theatre Workshop (2)
6-106. Jazz Singers (1)
8-108. University Women's Chorus (1)
11-111. Brass Ensemble (1)
12-112. Percussion Ensemble (1)
13-113. String Ensemble (1)
15-115. Woodwind Ensemble (1)
16-116. Keyboard Ensemble (1)
18-118. Orchestra (2)
20-120. Band Workshop (2)
21-121. Concert Band (1-2)
22-122. Jazz Workshop (1-2)
25-125. Marching Band (2)
26-126. Rock Band (2)
27-127. Collegium Musicum (2)
100T. Topics in Vocal or Instrumental Organizations (1-2)
Technical, stylistic, and aesthetic elements of musical literature; rehearsal
and public performance.
130T. Topics in Performance Workshops (1-2; repeatable for credit)
Special studies in vocal or instrumental music, including topics such as
accompanying, electronic instruments, and mixed chamber music.
51B. Composition Practicum I (l)
Concurrent enrollment in Music 51A required. Creative exercises in composing
related to Composition 1 studies.
52A. Composition III Genres of Music (2)
Aural-analytic study of origins and developments of major compositional
concepts and genres in Western music, including the res prius factus, mass,
solo song, keyboard music (suite and sonata), orchestra, concerto and sonata
concepts, chamber ensembles. etc.
52B. Composition Practicum II (l)
Concurrent enrollment in Music 52A required. Creative exercises in composing
related to Composition II studies.
57A. Composition III: Notational Practice (3)
Prerequisite: Music 51A-B, 52A-B or permission of instructor. Twentieth
Century systems for notating music, including extensions of standard early
20th Century conventions as well as newer methods of proportional notation,
graphic notation, etc. Compositional exercises based on current notational
practice.
57B. Composition IV: Proseminar in Composition (3)
Prerequisite: Music 37A or permission of instructor, Compositional practice;
individual creative work with emphasis on developing critical judgment.
140T. Topics in Theory and Composition (3; max total 9)
Prerequisites: Music 40, 41, 42, 43. Technical, stylistic, and aesthetic
elements of theory and composition.
141. Seminar in Modal Counterpoint (3)
Prerequisite: Music 42. Polyphony of the 15th and 16th centuries; analysis
and composition of melodic lines, simple counterpoint, types of imitation;
writing motets with text in two or more parts.
142. Seminar in Canon and Fugue (3)
Prerequisite: Music 42. Polyphony of the 17th and 18th centuries; analysis
and composition of melodic lines, imitative, strict and invertible counterpoint,
canon, and fugue.
143. Seminar in Contemporary Counterpoint (3)
Prerequisite: Music 42, 43. Polyphony of the 20th century; analysis and
composition of melodic lines and counterpoint using modern procedures.
145. Orchestration and Band Arranging (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Music 42, 43. Problems in scoring for instrumental ensembles;
idiomatic writing. For instruments singly and in combinations.
146. Band Pageantry (2)
Prerequisite: Music 42, 43, 145; 35-l35 (concurrent). Practical and creative
aspects of producing musical shows and marching formations for athletic
events, parades, and public ceremonies.
148. Seminar in Advanced Composition (3; max total 9)
Prerequisites: Music 42, 43. Seminar in original composition of a thoroughly
contemporaneous nature in media, forms, and styles of student's choice.
149. Jazz Composition and Arranging (3)
Prerequisites: Music 42, 43 or permission of instructor. Special problems
in composing and arranging for jazz esembles.
150. Seminar in Electronic Music Compositoon (3)
Prerequisites: Music 40, 41 and permission of instructor. An introduction
to history, literature, and instruments of electronic music; with systematic
approach to the CSUF Electronic Music Studio.
153. Seminar in Choral Conducting (3)
Prerequisite; Music 42, 43. Projects related to directing choral ensembles
of varying size and levels of competence; conducting techniques; achieving
tone quality and balance; diction; score reading; rehearsal techniques,
ensemble organization and management.
154. Seminar in Instrumental Conducting (3)
Prerequisite: Music 42, 43. Projects related to directing instrumental
ensembles of varying size and levels of competence; conducting techniques;
score reading; rehearsal techniques, ensemble organization and management.
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE
60T. Topics in Music History, Literature, and Appreciation (3)
Study of selected music literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
76T-176T. Topics in Music Appreciation (3; repeatable for credit)
Listeners' guide to music appreciation; structure and expression, formal
designs, stylistic tendencies; musical literature, analysis of representative
works. Topics include: choral, wind, brass, percussion, string, chamber,
keyboard, orchestral, vocal recital, opera, avant-garde, folk and ethnic,
jazz and rock, and musical theatre.
160T. Topics in Music History, Literature and Appreciation (3; max
total 9)
Prerequisite: Music 161A, 165A or permission of instructor. Study of selected
musical genres, composers, and other specialized topics.
161A. Seminar in Music History I (3)
Prerequisites: Music 40, 41, or permission of instructor. Individual research
and reports on music from the early Middle Ages to approximately 1750.
161B. Seminar in Music History II (3)
Prerequisites: Music 40, 41, or permission of instructor. Individual research
and reports on music from approximately 1750 to present.
162A. Practicum in Musical Literature I (1)
Prerequisite: Music 40, 41, or permission of instructor; Music 161A (concurrent).
Intensive study of selected compositions from the early Middle Ages to approximately
1750.
162B. Practicum sin Musical Literature II (1)
Prerequisite: Music 40, 41, or permission of instructor; Music 161B (concurrent).
Intensive study of selected compositions from approximately 1750 to the
present.
163. Women in Music (3)
Historical study of women in music; special attention given to contemporary
women in all areas of music including the concert world, folk, jazz, rock,
and music education
MUSIC EDUCATION
9. Introduction to Music (3)
Not recommended for music majors. Theory necessary for the reading, playing,
and understanding of music by the layman and the elementary credential candidate.
109. Piano in the Classroom (2; max total 4)
Not open to music majors. Class instruction in piano for elementary
credential candidates and teachers working on graduate degrees.
119T. Topics in Pedagogy (2; max total 16)
Prerequisite: Music 40, 41. Principles, playing and teaching procedures,
and materials for teaching brass instruments in the elementary school, high
school, and community college. Topics include brass, percussion, strings,
woodwinds, keyboard instruments, children's instruments, voice and chorus,
theory and appreciation.
155. Sound, Rhythm, and Song (3)
Prerequisite: Music 153 for students not majoring in music; no prerequisite
for music majors. Individual research on the place and functions of music
in the preschool and elementary school curriculum; selection, discussion,
and analysis of musical materials including state texts; planning activities
that enable children to develop aesthetic sensitivity, musical skills, and
understanding.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
191. Readings in Music (1-3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. In-depth readings and discussions
in individual conferences; subjects to be selected by students and their
advisers. May be preliminary research in connection with thesis topic.
(See Course Numbering System.)
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205. Seminar in Analysis I: Tonal Music (3)
Principles of musical form and analysis as applied to representative works
of the 18th and 19th centuries.
206. Seminar in Analysis II: Nontonal Music (3)
Development of a descriptive vocabulary suitable for the music of the 20th
century, with special reference to works by Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, and
selected American composers.
210. Studies in Performance (2; max total 6)
Open only to master's degree students majoring in performance or to other
master's students by permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Music 220 and
permission of department chair. Individually directed studies in performing
or conducting instrumental or vocal music; historical and theoretical interpretation
applied in preparation for public recitals and concerts of works from the
standard literature of all periods in the student's major performance area.
214T. Seminar in the History or Pedagogy of Music Theory (3; max total
9)
Critical and bibliographical study of a selected topic in the history or
pedagogy of music theory, including emphasis on the teaching of the subject
at the senior high school or college level.
217. Seminar in Musicology (3; max total 9)
Prerequisite: Music 220, the equivalent, or permission of instructor. Intensive
critical and analytical study of the music of selected composers and genres.
219T. Seminar in Music Education
(3; max total 9 if no course repeated)
Prerequisite: Music 155, T Ed 161 and permission of the instructor. Topics
of special concern to the teacher or administrator. Individual research
projects and discussion of problems in the area of literature, philosophy,
and practices of teaching, ad ministration, and curriculum planning.
220. Seminar in Research Methods and Bibliography (3)
Prerequisites: Music 161A, 161B. Bibliography, sources, and research techniques
necessary for graduate study in music. Individual projects and research.
Required of all students working for the master's degree in music.
227. Seminar in Medieval Music (3)
Prerequisite: Music 220, the equivalent, or permission of instructor, Study
of selected topics from plainchant to approximately 1400 A.D.
234. Studies in Composition
(3; max total 9)
Open only to master's degree students majoring in composition. Prerequisite:
Music 220. Individually directed studies in composition with contemporary
techniques of an extended work equivalent in substance to a sonata, cantata,
or other composition of major proportions. s
237. Seminar in the Music of the Renaissance (3)
Prerequisite: Music 220. Critical and analytical study of the historical
sources, selected works and composers of the period from approximately 1425
to 1600 A.D. A term paper will be a central requirement for successful completion
of this course.
247. Seminar in the Music of the Baroque (3)
Prerequisite: Music 220. Critical and analytical study at the historical
sources, selected works and composers at the period from approximately 1600
to 1750 A.0. A term paper will be a central requirement for successful completion
at this course.
257. Seminar in the Music of the Classic and Early Romantic Eras (3)
Prerequisite: Music 220. Critical and analytical study at the historical
sources, selected works and composers of the period from approximately 1750
to 1850 A.D.A term paper will be a central requirement for successful completion
of this course.
267. Seminar in Contemporary Music (3)
Prerequisite: Music 220. Critical and analytical study of the sources, selected
works, and composers of the 20th century, with particular emphasis on avant-garde
movements and schools. A term paper will be a central requirement for successful
completion of this course.
277. Seminar in American Music (3)
Prerequisite: Music 220. Critical and analytical study of the historical
sources, selected works, and composers in the United States from 1620 A.D.
to the present. A term paper will be a central requirement for successful
completion of this course.
287. Seminar in Interpretation of Earlier Music (3)
Prerequisite: Music 220. Historical study of performance practices from
the Middle Ages to the early classic era. Individual research projects and
class discussions centered on primary theoretical and musical sources.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
291. Readings in Music (1-3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Readings in depth and discussions
in individual conferences; subject to be selected by students and their
advisers. May be preliminary research in connection with thesis topic.
298. Graduate Recital (3)
Prerequisite: permission of department chairman. Public performance of an
approved program containing at least one hour of music.
299. Thesis (3)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.
(See Course Numbering System.)
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307. Musical Instrument Repair (l; max total 3)
309T. Workshop: Vocational and Avocational Music Topics (1-3)