Graduate Review of Music History (400-0-1)

Instructors

Scott Douglas Paulin
s-paulin@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: E-mail Instructor

Meeting Info

RCMA 1-164: Tues, Thurs 8:30AM - 9:50AM

Overview of class

This course will review the history of western art music with an overall aim of providing useful skills for the graduate careers and working lives of professional musicians. Beyond the goal of identifying and addressing students' areas of weakness in preparation for music-history comprehensive exams, our special focus will be the acquisition of pedagogy skills for the college-level teaching of music history, and most of the quarter's assignments (teaching demos, sample syllabi, etc.) will be designed to enhance students' experience in this area. In Winter 2023, the class will primarily meet remotely, although in-person meetings may be possible at the beginning, middle and end of the quarter; further details on the mode of instruction will be announced before the quarter begins.

Class Materials (Required)

Richard Taruskin and Christopher Gibbs, The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN: 9780190600228.

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Doctor of Music Students and PhD Composition students.