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

Instructors

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

Meeting Info

RCMA 1-172: 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 2026, the class will meet remotely, though a classroom will be available for students who wish to log in from campus.

Class Materials (Required)

Richard Taruskin and Christopher Gibbs, The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN: 9780190600228. Estimated cost from $57 for a rented digital copy from the publisher's website to $180 for a new print copy.

Enrollment Requirements

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