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MUS
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101
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Intro to World and Early European Music
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This course provides basic knowledge and understanding of music in culture, with emphasis on listening skills and repertoire. Brief survey of world music and the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods in European music. The functions of music in culture. Study of music vocabulary and early genres of music. Not available to Performance Production students. MUS 101 is not available for credit to students who choose MUS 300.
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LL
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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MUS
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105
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Voices Without Borders: Global Chorus
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This course surveys vocal repertoire from around the globe, and may include African drumming songs, 'mingge' from China, Mexican 'corridos', Indian 'lok geet', Canadian folk songs, South-Asian 'qawwalis', and Eastern Europe folk song, among others. Students will explore the unique social histories and aesthetics of selected vocal genres with an eye to the breadth of stylistic approaches and forms of transmission in various cultural traditions.
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LL
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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Billing Units: 1
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MUS
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106
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The Architecture of Music
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From the Pythagorean monochord that ancient Greeks used to align with the Music of the Spheres to the Chinese bamboo pipes that sounded the first Chinese pentatonic scale, each culture has created its own coherent structure. This course introduces students to the historical development and foundational theories of both ancient and contemporary musical form through the exploration of musical genres around the world. Lectures will situate musical theories in their socio-historical and cultural contexts.
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LL
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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MUS
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201
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Introduction to Classical Music
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This course examines Western music from the Classical, Romantic and Modern periods (approx. 1750 to the present day). Survey of the development of major styles, genres and forms of European music, including symphony, concerto and sonata. Lives and works of the great composers including Mozart, Beethoven and Stravinsky. Not available to Performance Production students. MUS 201 is not available for credit to students who choose MUS 300.
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LL
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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MUS
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211
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Music Cultures of the City
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Large urban centres such as Toronto offer a tremendous variety of events, from superstars in the Rogers Centre to amateur folk musicians in local coffee houses. What are the ways we might better understand the relationship between music culture and the culture of the city? This course considers genres from a number of areas including popular music, world music, jazz and classical music. It examines issues of production, distribution and performance, as well as reception, venues and audiences.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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A course designed to develop a sensitivity to and better understanding of music production, and to increase awareness of style. Study of materials and structural and expressive principles of music, instrumental and vocal media performance styles and great performers. Study of main genres of Western music with special regard to music dramatic forms and to functions of music in the theatre, historical backgrounds, cultural patterns, comparison with contemporary trends in theatre.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisite: THP 202 or THP 402.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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The guitar, or plucked lute, is the de facto instrument of the masses in the western world. Through lecture, audio-visual screenings, discussion and experiential learning, this course explores the ways in which the guitar and its global variants have given voice to individuals and groups around the world, from ancient Persia and India to Africa and the Americas, and in so doing examines the impact of class, gender, race, politics and commercialization on creative self-expression.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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MUS
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401
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Music, Religion and Spirituality
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This course explores the dynamic interrelationship of music, religion and spirituality in a multicultural context. Topics will include the role, style, and conception of music in the Islamic, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Tibetan, and Taoist faiths, amongst others. The processes and traditions of spiritual practice through and with sound will be explored. The course will also analyze the musical forms through which these devotional practices are undertaken.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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MUS
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501
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Traditional Musics of the World
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This course examines musical cultures around the world, focusing on traditional genres. Course content covers conceptual, structural, rhythmic and modal systems. The functions and meanings of music in diverse cultures will be examined. Representative genres will be studied, including the Indian raga, Turkish fasil (suite) and Japanese gagaku (court music).
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UL
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Restriction: TH001, TH002, TH003
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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MUS
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505
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Popular Music and Culture
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This course explores the development of North American, British and non-western popular music. Lectures investigate key historical periods and genres which define the popular idiom in the west, such as blues, jazz, country, rock n' roll, folk, rap, and electronica, as well as popular idioms from beyond the western world. Changes in technology, economics and demographics will be discussed, as will links between popular music and the prevailing social conditions of each period.
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UL
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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MUS
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507
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Architecture of Music II
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Building on foundational concepts of musical structure examined in MUS 106, this course explores sophisticated musical form from a global perspective. Particular attention will be paid to the historical development of harmonic and melodic compositional tropes, and complex rhythmic and formal structures. Students will also investigate microtonal modes popular in global musical traditions. With examples from both ancient and modern genres, lectures will situate the subtleties of musical aesthetics in their socio-historical and cultural contexts.
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UL
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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