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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

COM 630 - Music Criticism and Writing on Music


3 credit(s)
This course gives students both a theoretical/historical background in issues of musical criticism and practical experience writing on contemporary musical issues. Readings of classic texts, such as Hanslick, Schumann, and Thomson, will alternate with regular study of criticism as it is practiced in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Fanfare, The American Record Guide, and other publications. A series of weekly, practical writing exercises hones writing skills, as students appraise both live and recorded events. This course, while offered under music composition, deals with issues well beyond new music and is relevant to any musician.


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