University of California, Irvine

Music 230

Time Structure in Music
[and other time-based art forms]

Class Topics

 

 

 

April 3, 2006

- Guest lecture by visiting composer.

- Introduction of topics and syllabus.

- What is time?

April 10, 2006

- Guest lecture by visiting composer.

- "The Problem of Temporal Experience" On the Experience of Time (Ornstein)

- "Time Scales of Music". Microsound (Roads)

April 17, 2006

- Guest lecture by visiting composer.

- On the Phenomenology of the Consciousness of Internal Time (Husserl)

- "...how time passes..." (Stockhausen)

April 24, 2006

- Guest lecture by visiting composer.

- Getting to know durations and intervals of time

- Indicators of beat, meter, and tempo

- Computer models of time

May 1, 2006

- Modern Rhythmic Notation (Read)

- Metric notation and the temporal grid

- Complex rhythms, polyrhythms, and metric modulation

- Notating freedom

May 8, 2006

- Minimalism, trance music, and temporal stasis

- Form in contemporary music and electronic music

- Open form; mobile form

May 15, 2006

- Student-led topic discussions.

May 22, 2006

- Student-led topic discussions.

May 29, 2006

(Memorial Day, class rescheduled to May 31)

May 31, 2006

- Student-led topic discussions.

June 5, 2006

- Guest lecture TBA.

June 12, 2006 (Finals Week)

Paper presentation session.

 

 

 

This page was last modified April 9, 2006.

Christopher Dobrian

dobrian@uci.edu