Courses
The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.
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CFA MT 642: Tonal Counterpoint
The study of the early eighteenth-century styles of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries, with an emphasis on the relationship between theory and practice. Special attention will be paid to composing and analyzing invertible counterpoint, canon, two-part inventions and fugue. This is a graduate course, cross-listed with the undergraduate course MT 342. 2 cr. -
CFA MT 645: Contemporary Techniques 1
Analysis and original application of contemporary compositional techniques and processes. 2 cr. -
CFA MT 665: Schenkerian Analysis
Critical discussion and training in the theory and analytic techniques of Heinrich Schenker and his followers. Lectures leading to individual projects utilizing his methods. 3 cr. -
CFA MT 668: Understanding Opera
Exploring opera from its beginnings c. 1600 to the present, this course focuses on close readings of scores and their text/music relationships through a primarily analytic lens. Discussions, in general chronological order, will center on the problems of analyzing opera, and the analytic application to these multilayered texts of phrase rhythms, sonata forms, la solita forma and extended/interrupted harmonic structures. -
CFA MT 681: Music of Our Time: Composers and Repertoire
Overview of a cross-section of contemporary composers, and trends in music. Focus on composers and places that have become major hubs of compositional activity and ideas. Composers of many different nationalities and aesthetic orientations will be studied. 3 cr. -
CFA MT 701: Doctoral Proseminar-Skills
Preparation for doctoral qualifying examination in general music theory skills and chorale harmonization. Course may not be taken by MM students or undergraduates. 3 cr. -
CFA MT 702: Doctoral Proseminar-Analysis
Preparation for doctoral qualifying examination in tonal and post-tonal analysis. Course may not be taken by MM students or undergraduates. 3 cr. -
CFA MT 711: Music Theories of the World
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CFA MT 751: Special Topics in Theory and Analysis
Examination of important topics in music theory and analysis. Individual papers and projects assigned by the instructor. 3 cr. (May be repeated for credit). -
CFA MT 761: Advanced Tonal Analysis
Prereq: CFA MT 601. Advanced work involving analytic approaches to pitch organization, form, motive, rhythm, etc. with emphasis on nineteenth-century music. 3 cr. -
CFA MT 762: Advanced Contemporary Analysis
In-depth review of analytical techniques and terminology developed for diverse musical styles from the 20th and 21st centuries. Analysis of representative works from the literature. 3 cr. -
CFA MT 772: Music Perception and Cognition
This course is designed to introduce students to scientific literature on music preparation, music performance, and related topics. It is designed as a readings course in selected topics with an introduction to statistical methods and methods of experimental design, flexible in response to the background of students and subjects of interest to them. Previous offerings have enrolled only music students from a variety of degree programs (Performance DMAs, Composition DMAs, Theory MMs, and undergraduates). This version of the course may be cross-listed with the new undergraduate HUB course in Music Perception and Cognition, MT472, and therefore will only enroll graduate students and remains a three-credit course to best fit into current graduate programs. 3cr Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Quantitative Reasoning II, Research and Information Literacy. -
CFA MT 861: Seminar in Tonal Theory
Prereq: CFA MT 601 or equivalent. Critical review of readings on topics of current interest in structure, materials, organization, and aesthetics of tonal music. Individual presentations and seminar papers. 3 cr. -
CFA MT 862: Seminar in Post-Tonal Theory
Prereq: CFA MT 602 or equivalent. Critical review of readings on topics of current interest in structure, materials, organization, and aesthetics of twentieth and twenty-first century music. Individual presentations and seminar papers. 3 cr. -
CFA MT 899: Independent Project/Directed Study
Specialized, individually tailored and guided work on projects not connected with a thesis, dissertation or other terminal document, but of particular interest to the graduate student. Variable credit. -
CFA MU 087: Winter Drumline
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CFA MU 088: Winter Guard
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CFA MU 090: CHAMBER MUSIC
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CFA MU 091: Marching Band
The Boston University Marching Band is a campus-wide ensemble that is open to all students. The ensemble performs each fall at college band shows, university and civic events, and regional high school band shows as a featured collegiate band in exhibition. The Marching Band schedule is built to fit within the busy BU student's schedule. There are no auditions required for entry to the BU Marching Band. The ensemble meets 3 times per week, and rehearses less than most high school bands. The marching season ends in early November, five-to-six weeks before final exams begin. In addition to registering for Marching Band, students must also complete the ensemble Join Form: http://www.bu.edu/bands/join/ -
CFA MU 092: Concert Band
The Boston University Concert Band is a large concert ensemble comprising approximately 55 members from a multitude of majors throughout the University. The ensemble is open to all students wishing to continue making music throughout their collegiate years. The Concert Band performs a diverse section of the wind band repertoire ranging from traditional works to premieres and recent compositions by leading composers. For more information please visit www.bu.edu/bands 0 credits.
