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Rose Hill, Fall 2009

Every semester the department offers a number of sections of the Music History Introduction course (MU 1100) and the Opera: An Introduction course (MU 1101), both of which satisfy the fine arts core requirement. Check My.fordham.edu for days and times.

Upper level courses are listed below.

Course Number	Title	Professor	Core Requirement	Days	Time	Credits
MUSC 2031	Rock and Pop Music Since WWII	Gelbart		TF	10:00-11:15	4
MUSC 2048	Worlds of Music	Yaraman	Globalism	W	11:30-2:00	4
MUSC 2120	Introduction to Musicianship	Ott		TF	11:30-12:45	3
MUSC 2121	Ear-Training, Sight-Singing	Ott		TF	1:00-2:15	3

MUSC 2031-Rock and Pop Music Since WWII
Rock and pop music have played key roles in Western culture for over half a century. This course considers the roots and musical features of rock and related styles, their changing status within “mainstream” culture and the musical and ethical issues they raise. From the R&B music of the early 1950s to the British Invasion, punk, disco, rap, alternative and the spread of electronica, pop musicians have moved billions of people, while raising questions about race, gender, generation gaps, commercialism, and globalization.

MUSC 2048-Worlds of Music
This course will take an approach based on the premise that to study music is to study people, community, history, religion, politics and dance, as well as to study musical styles, forms and instruments. This approach provides the student with an appreciation of the sound, power and meaning of music, as it exists within culture.

MUSC 2120-Introduction to Musicianship
Elementary musicianship for students wishing to learn how to read and write music. Organizations of basic musical materials, intervals, rhythms, modes and scales. Melodic analysis. For students with no prior knowledge of musical notation. (Others see MU *U 2145.) Corequisite(s): MU*U 2121

MUSC 2121-Ear-Training, Sight-Singing
This course provides students with the opportunity to improve their skills in hearing and reading music.

Course Number	Title	Professor	Core Requirements	Days	Time	Credits
MUSC 1210	Music for Dancers	Yaraman		TR	8:30-9:45	3
MUSC 2146	Musicianship II: Diatonic Harmony	Ott		MW	11:30-12:45	4
MUSC 3123	19th Century Romanticism in Music	Stempel		T	2:30-5:00	4

MUSC 1210-Music for Dancers
This two-course sequence develops general knowledge of the major historical periods, styles and genres of western music, as well as familiarity with world music. It also provides critical tools to understand the basic components of music: melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, tempo, dynamics, and instrumentation. To cultivate musicality, class taught, in part, through practical application: singing and rhythm exercises, elementary score reading etc. Open to B.F.A. students only.

MUSC 2146-Musicianship II: Diatonic Harmony
This course is a continuation of Musicianship I and studies the basic principles of tonal harmony: chord construction, progressions, and modulation. It focuses on the style of 18th century composers such as Handel or Mozart, but will draw upon contemporary styles as well. Written assignments and analyses.

MUSC 3123-19th Century Romanticism in Music
Most of our current behaviors and beliefs with respect to Western music were first shaped in the cultural discourse of the 19th century. This course examines these as part of the interactions of 19th-century music with the major social, political, intellectual and cultural movements of the age, focusing on the work of Beethoven, Rossini, Berlioz, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms and Mussorgsky.