MUS 321: Music Theory III

A study of large-scale musical form, including elemental building blocks of material, long-term structural relationships, and a survey of formal paradigms. This is the final course in the basic music theory sequence, with a focus on independent research, writing, presentation, and the cultivation of critical reasoning, listening, and discussion skills in forming creative, rigorous, and well-designed interpretations of complete works. Prerequisite: MUS 221 or permission of instructor. Simultaneous enrollment in MUS 321 L required. Spring, every year.