Course Description
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of three broad topics concerning music in relation to time.
- Music as Architecture: the creation of musical shapes in time;
- Music as Memory: how musical understanding depends upon memory and reminiscence, with attention to analysis of musical structures; and
- Time as the …
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of three broad topics concerning music in relation to time.
- Music as Architecture: the creation of musical shapes in time;
- Music as Memory: how musical understanding depends upon memory and reminiscence, with attention to analysis of musical structures; and
- Time as the Substance of Music: how different disciplines such as philosophy and neuroscience view the temporal dimension of musical processes and/or performances.
Classroom discussion of these topics is complemented by three weekend concerts with pre-concert forums, jointly presented by the Boston Chamber Music Society (BCMS) and MIT Music & Theater Arts.
Course Info
Departments
Learning Resource Types
theaters
Other Video
theaters
Lecture Videos
Music
assignment_turned_in
Written Assignments with Examples
assignment_turned_in
Presentation Assignments with Examples
The medieval Prague Astronomical Clock has dials for astronomical details and calendar months, and an hourly show of the biblical Apostles and other figures. (Photo courtesy of Jorge-11 on Flickr.)
