Duke University 2009-2010 - Office of the Registrar - Duke University

Music
Professor Jaffe, Chair; Associate Professor Rupprecht, Director of Graduate Studies; Professors Berliner, Brothers,
Gilliam, Jaffe, Lindroth, Todd; Associate Professors Meintjes, Rupprecht, Waeber; Assistant Professors McCarthy,
Stupko; Professor of the Practice Parkins
The Department of Music offers graduate programs leading to the AM and PhD degrees in composition and
musicology, and the AM in performance practice. Applicants for admission to all degree programs will normally have
a broad liberal arts background as well as demonstrable musical competence. Those applying to the composition
program should submit samples of their compositions with their applications. For the musicology program, applicants
should include samples of their writing on musical topics. Upon acceptance to the university, by nomination of the
graduate faculty in music, musicology students may also be admitted to the Program in Medieval and Renaissance
Studies (see section on Medieval and Renaissance Studies in this bulletin). For the performance practice program, the
department encourages applications from advanced musicians who have demonstrated an ability to conduct research
about the performance of music in historical contexts. Applicants in performance practice should submit a recording
of their work in the field as well as a sample of their writing.
For the PhD degree in composition 17 courses (51 units) are required; no more than four courses (12 units) may
be accepted for transfer from another institution. Two courses may be taken in other departments. Students are expected
to pass a qualifying examination (in the fourth semester) and a preliminary examination (after completing course work,
usually in the sixth semester); before taking the preliminary examination students are asked to submit a portfolio of
compositions. Students in composition must also demonstrate knowledge of one foreign language. The dissertation
requirements consist of a large-scale composition and an article of publishable quality.
For the PhD in musicology 17 courses (51 units) are required; no more than four courses (12 units) may be accepted
for transfer from another institution. Three courses may be taken in other departments. Students are expected to pass
a qualifying examination (usually in the second year) and a preliminary examination (after completing course work,
usually in the third year). In addition, students must demonstrate knowledge of two foreign languages. Within the
framework of the musicology degree students may pursue projects in ethnomusicology, music theory, or performance
practice.
For the AM in performance practice 11 courses (33 units) are required. Students are expected to pass a qualifying
examination (usually in the second year) and to give a master’s recital (usually toward the end of the first year). They
also must demonstrate knowledge of one foreign language.
A more detailed description of each degree program is available upon request from the director of graduate studies.
Music (MUSIC)
201. Introduction to Musicology. Methods of research on music and its history, including studies of musical and literary
sources, iconography, performance practice, ethnomusicology, and historical analysis, with special attention to the
interrelationships of these approaches. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
213. Theories and Notation of Contemporary Music. The diverse languages of contemporary music and their roots in
the early twentieth century, with emphasis on the problems and continuity of musical language. Recent composers and
their stylistic progenitors: for example, Ligeti, Bartók, and Berg; Carter, Schoenberg, Ives, and Copland; Crumb,
Messiaen, and Webern; Cage, Varèse, Cowell, and Stockhausen. Instructor: Jaffe, Lindroth, or Kelley. 3 units.
214S. Introduction To Analysis Of Early Music. Selected areas of "pre-tonal" music and various analytical methodologies
that have been developed to understand them. Content changes, from semester to semester and with different
instructors. Possible areas covered include plainchant, trouvère monophony, Machaut, Fifteenth-century polyphony,
modal music of the Renaissance, early seventeenth-century repertories. Instructors: Brothers and McCarthy. 3 units.
215. Music Analysis. In-depth study of various methods for analyzing tonal music. Approach and content vary by
instructor. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
217. Selected Topics in Analysis. An exploration of analytical approaches appropriate to a diversity of music, which may
include settings of literary texts, pre-tonal music, and music in oral and vernacular traditions. Prerequisite: Music 215
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
222. Music in the Middle Ages. Selected topics. Instructor: Brothers. 3 units. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
223A
223. Music in the Renaissance. Selected topics. Instructor: Brothers or McCarthy. 3 units. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 223B
224. Music in the Baroque Era. Selected topics. Instructor: McCarthy. 3 units. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
224
225. Music in the Classic Era. Selected topics. Instructor: Todd. 3 units.
226. Music in the Nineteenth Century. Selected topics. Instructor: Gilliam or Todd. 3 units.
227. Music in the Twentieth Century. Selected topics. Instructor: Brothers, Gilliam, or Todd. 3 units.
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