Concentration in Music History and Literature
At New Paltz, Music History and Literature majors are given the opportunity to study music of the Western world in relation to its time and place, following its changing forms and styles from the Middle Ages through the 21st Century. Two basic survey courses provide the foundation: Music to 1750 and Music since 1750.
Special courses on composers offer a closer look at particular style periods and their aesthetics. In addition, a course in Writing About Music introduces majors to independent research on approved topics that interest them. The graduate with this concentration may consider many occupations such as arts management, teaching, music instrument curatorship, radio programming, music criticism, librarianship, and other related fields.
MAJOR PLAN
Core Courses (30 credits, required for all Music Majors):
MUS141-MUS145 Participation in Music Ensemble (6 semesters or every semester in attendance for transfer students)
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance (6 semesters or every semester in attendance for transfer students)
MUS201 Piano 1
MUS202 Piano 2
MUS301 Piano 3
MUS231 Sight Singing & Ear Training 1
MUS232 Sight Singing & Ear Training 2
MUS203 Theory 1
MUS204 Theory 2
MUS220-MUS227 Applied Music Classical (2 semesters)
MUS331 Music to 1750
MUS333 Music since 1750
Requirements for Concentration in Music History and Literature (23 credits):
MUS303 Theory 3
MUS320 Keyboard Harmony
MUS364 Form & Analysis
MUS365 Instrumentation
MUS366 Counterpoint
MUS420-MUS427 Applied Music Classical (2 semesters)
MUS430 Bibliographic Research in Music
or
MUS432 Writing About Music
MUS490 Senior Project
Electives in Music (7 credits)
