An exploration of the implications, musical and social, of Arnold Schoenberg’s decision to renounce traditional tonal practice. Students will study the musical works, aesthetic goals, and personal philosophy of the composer within his cultural...
Cultural analysis of composers’ settings and stylistic analysis of compositions of the Viennese Classical period using original scores. The emphasis in this historical survey of both vocal and instrumental music will be given to the socio-cultural...
Cultural analysis of composers’ settings and stylistic analysis of compositions of the Biedermeier Era. The emphasis in this historical survey of both vocal and instrumental music will be given to the socio-cultural sphere in Austria and principally...
The workshop is designed to offer instrumentalists and vocalists the opportunity to develop a distinctive musical personality and to equip them to deal effectively with a wide range of professional demands, as well as to increase and consolidate...
This course offers a historical survey of the vocal and instrumental music composed or premiered in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century (mainly) in the cultural sphere of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, including music by Johannes Brahms...
This course offers a historical survey of music composed, performed, or premiered in Central Europe in the period from about 1900 to 1950. We will consider the challenges—compositional, political, social—that these early twentieth-century composers...
This course serves as an introduction to nineteenth-, twentieth- and twenty-first-century musical practices, focusing on the composition of original works, the analysis of relevant samples from historic music literature and exercises to develop...
Discussion on principles, methods and techniques of music analysis which were invented or have their roots in Vienna ((Schenker, Schönberg, Réti, ...). Analysis of pieces of music in connection with the development of compositional techniques in the...
The Composition Seminar offers exposure to a broad set of perspectives and issues encountered in the composition process. The course will promote analysis and discussion of meaningful scores of the 20th and 21st centuries. The focus will be on...
Individual Performance Studies is dedicated to a hands-on approach to the performance of music under the supervision of professional Milanese musicians. The number of credits awarded is determined by the number of contact hours with the personal...