MUTH 4316/5316: Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Undergraduate Student Syllabus (MUTH 4316)
Graduate Student Syllabus (MUTH 5316)
Landmark Works to Know:
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894)
Threnody: To the Victims of Hiroshima (1961)
Other Music Discussed in Class:
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Ancient Voices of Children, III
Rochberg, String Quartet No. 6, III. Variations
Mahler's Second Symphony, III (source material)
Øystein Baadsvik, Fnugg Blue (multiphonics)
Ruth Crawford Seeger, String Quartet, III
Short Ride in a Fast Machine - YouTube
Analysis Tools:
PC Set Calculator by David Walters
12-Tone Matrix Generator by Paul Nelson
Set Class ID Trainer:
(note: doesn't work on latest OS)
Other useful links:
Steps to Finding Normal and Prime Forms
Wave Forms explained by Wendy Carlos
White Noise, Pink Noise, Brown Noise
YouTube links for textbook examples