New courses in Music and Theater Arts from MIT OpenCourseWare, provider of free and open MIT course materials. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts 2022-02-11T17:21:56+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is an introduction to music recording and audio production from both a practical and a theoretical perspective. Learn about the physical nature and human perception of sound, how it is transformed to and from electrical signals by means of microphones and loudspeakers, and how it can be creatively modeled through mixing consoles, signal processors, and digital audio workstations. The course covers making informed choices about microphone selection and positioning, and various editing, mixing, and mastering techniques. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-380-music-and-technology-recording-techniques-and-audio-production-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Hollerweger, Florian 2019-08-01T11:50:06+05:00 21M.380 en-US audio engineering sound recording music recording digital audio digital audio workstation microphone amplifier mixing recording studio effects high fidelity MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This multidisciplinary lecture / workshop engages students in a variety of approaches to the study and practice of performance as an area of aesthetic and social interaction. Special attention is paid to the use of diverse media in performance. Interdisciplinary approaches to study encourage students to seek out material histories of performance and practice. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-846-topics-in-performance-studies-comedy-across-media-spring-2018 Spring 2018 Stanley, James 2019-01-02T17:11:44+05:00 21M.846 en-US comedy laughter Plato Aristotle humor jokes Gary Trudeau pantomime physical comedy Charlie Chaplin Jerry Lewis stand up comedy anarchistic comedy concrete comedy interventionists comedy counterfactual comedy history dada Lenny Bruce Richard Pryor Andy Kaufman MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This class surveys the music of the Beatles, from the band’s early years to the break-up of the group, mapping how the Beatle’s musical style changed from skiffle and rock to studio-based experimentation. Cultural influences that helped to shape them, as well as the group’s influence worldwide, will be a continuous theme. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-299-the-beatles-fall-2017 Fall 2017 Neff, Teresa 2018-07-02T19:51:24+05:00 21M.299 en-US John Lennon The Quarrymen Paul McCartney George Harrison Skiffle The Rainbows The Moondogs Johnny and the Moondogs Manchester Brian Epstein George Martin Pete Best Ringo Starr Liverpool Please Please Me Parlophone With the Beatles Beatlemania She Loves You Twist and Shout With the Beatles A Hard Day's Night I Should Have Known Better If I Fell Beatles for Sale Help! Ticket to Ride The Night Before It's Only Love Rubber Soul Day Tripper We Can Work It Out Elvis Revolver Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Tell Me Why A Day in the Life Strawberry Fields With a Little Help From My Friends concept album Magical Mystery Tour Mellotron White Album Yoko Ono Apple Records Let It Be Yellow Submarine Abbey Road rock and roll blues Phil Spector Wall Of Sound Across the Universe Get Back Two of Us MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores audio synthesis, musical structure, human computer interaction (HCI), and visual presentation for the creation of interactive musical experiences. Topics include audio synthesis; mixing and looping; MIDI sequencing; generative composition; motion sensors; music games; and graphics for UI, visualization, and aesthetics. Weekly programming assignments in python are included. Student teams build an original, dynamic, and engaging interactive music system for their final project. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-385-interactive-music-systems-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Egozy, Eran 2017-08-11T22:26:07+05:00 21M.385 6.809 21M.585 en-US audio synthesis musical structure human computer interaction HCI visual presentation interactive musical experiences audio synthesis mixing looping MIDI sequencing generative composition; motion sensors music games graphics UI visualization aesthetics python MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides an overview of the musical styles and techniques developed over the past 115 years. The anthology and supplemental listening will present a range of art music aesthetics in a variety of genres such as chamber music, symphonic and choral music, and opera. While tuning your ears to novel sounds, you will hone your own preferences and aim to understand the motivations behind and importance of a wide diversity of compositional orientations, including Expressionism, Impressionism, atonality, neo-Classicism, serialism, nationalism, the influence of jazz and popular idioms, post-tonality, electronic music, aleatory, performance art, post-modernism, minimalism, spectralism, the New Complexity, neo-Romanticism, and post-minimalism. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-260-stravinsky-to-the-present-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Pollock, Emily Richmond 2017-01-12T18:45:45+05:00 21M.260 en-US music history 20th century contempory music classical music serial music electronic music minimalism modernism MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm In this course, we will rebuild the everyday sounds of nature, machines, and animals from scratch and encapsulate them in dynamic sound objects which can be embedded into computer games, animations, movies, virtual environments, sound installations, and theatre productions. You will learn how to analyze and model sounds and resynthesize them with the open-source graphical programming environment Pure Data (Pd). Our work will be guided by Andy Farnell's book Designing Sound (MIT Press, 2010). No previous programming experience is required. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-380-music-and-technology-sound-design-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Hollerweger, Florian 2016-12-15T22:18:39+05:00 21M.380 en-US audio design synthesis sound editing audio editing soundscape soundtrack computer game video game film MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is an introduction to Islam from the perspective of media and sound studies, intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. From the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam in its various manifestations has had a complex relationship with media. While much contemporary writing focuses on Islam in the media, this course explores how many aspects of Islamic practice and thinking might be understood as media technologies that facilitate the inscription, storage and transmission of knowledge. Central questions include: How do Islam and media technologies relate? What kinds of practices of inscription and transmission characterize Islam in all its varieties across time and place? How might Islamic thought and practice be understood in light of databases, networks, and audiovisual sensation? Given the rich diversity in Islam historically and geographically, emphasis will be placed on these interconnected but divergent practices from the earliest revelations of the Qur'an to contemporary Islamist political movements, with geographies spanning from Indonesia to the Middle East and North Africa, as well as in Europe and North America. In addition to exploring these themes through reading and writing, students will be encouraged to complete course assignments and projects in media, using audiovisual documentary or composition as a means of responding to the course themes. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-289-islam-media-spring-2015 Spring 2015 McMurray, Peter 2015-12-23T02:16:13+05:00 21M.289 en-US Qur'an hadith middle east Muslim sound Islamic art video jihad pilgrimage hajj protest women in islam ISIS MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides an introduction to the major popular music cultures of the Chinese-speaking world. We will consider a wide variety of genres, from Shanghainese shidaiqu to Cantopop to Taiwanese rap, with the goal of listening beyond the notion of a monolithic "Chinese popular music" to something more dynamic, multivocal, and translocal. We will ask: What, if anything, is so "Chinese" about Chinese popular music? How does popular music participate in the formation of identities for artists and audiences in these areas? How does it enable the articulation of diverging social and political values while also facilitating meaningful connections among disparate communities? We will approach these questions through a diverse array of source materials, including sound recordings, music videos, films, and online multimedia. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-s53-chinese-popular-musics-in-dialogue-spring-2014 Spring 2014 Schweig, Meredith 2015-06-23T15:22:34+05:00 21M.S53 en-US Chinese popular music Cantonese popular music Taiwanese popular music Shidaiqu Cantopop Taiwanese rap Chinese rock'n'roll music sociology cultural studies transnational music studies ethnomusicology MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course surveys the development of popular music in the United States and in a cross-cultural milieu relative to the history and sociology of the last two hundred years. It examines the ethnic mixture that characterizes modern music, how it reflects many rich traditions and styles, and provides a background for understanding the musical vocabulary of current popular music styles. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-295-american-popular-music-fall-2014 Fall 2014 Neff, Teresa 2015-06-05T19:04:48+05:00 21M.295 en-US American popular music Tin Pan Alley blues hillbilly swing post-war Rock 'n' Roll British invasion outside the mainstream grunge 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Through a progressive series of composition projects, students investigate the sonic organization of musical works and performances, focusing on fundamental questions of unity and variety. Aesthetic issues are considered in the pragmatic context of the instructions that composers provide to achieve a desired musical result, whether these instructions are notated in prose, as graphic images, or in symbolic notation. No formal training is required. Weekly listening, reading, and composition assignments draw on a broad range of musical styles and intellectual traditions, from various cultures and historical periods. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-065-introduction-to-musical-composition-spring-2014 Spring 2014 Makan, Keeril 2015-01-05T21:48:48+05:00 21M.065 en-US form structure notation musical score composer composing music history deep listening sound soundwalk instrument building contemporary music avant-garde music experimental music graphic score Musique Concrete vocal music MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course surveys Romantic musical genres including song, choral music, opera, piano sonata, character cycle, concerto, symphony, and symphonic poem, including the composers Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Chopin, Brahms, Wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler. Written essays and oral presentations are based on live performances as well as listening and reading assignments. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-250-beethoven-to-mahler-spring-2014 Spring 2014 Neff, Teresa 2014-12-22T22:09:33+05:00 21M.250 en-US Beethoven Schubert Berlioz Chopin Brahms Wagner Verdi Tchaikovsky Mahler Lied Lieder song choral music opera piano sonata character cycle concerto symphony symphonic poem MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm In this course, students study concepts and practice techniques of improvisation in solo and ensemble contexts. The course examines relationships between improvisation, composition, and performance based in traditional and experimental approaches. Hands-on music making will be complemented by discussion of the aesthetics of improvisation. Weekly lab sessions support work on musical technique. Guest artist / lecturers will engage students through mini-residencies in jazz with film, Indian music, electronic music, and blending improvisation with classic music; and an accompanying concert series will feature these artists in performance. Open by audition to instrumental or vocal performers. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-355-musical-improvisation-spring-2013 Spring 2013 Harvey, Mark Hall, Tom 2014-07-01T19:12:44+05:00 21M.355 en-US improvised music collaboration jazz film score Indian music electro-acoustic music graphic score MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course surveys seven Baroque and Classical genres: opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, concerto, quartet, symphony, and includes work by composers Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Mozart, Purcell, Schütz and Vivaldi. Course work is based on live performances as well as listening and reading assignments. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-235-monteverdi-to-mozart-1600-1800-fall-2013 Fall 2013 Neff, Teresa 2014-06-30T21:00:34+05:00 21M.235 en-US Baroque Classical opera oratorio cantata sonata concerto quartet symphony Bach Handel Haydn Monteverdi Mozart Purcell Schutz Vivaldi MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores the relationship between music and the supernatural, focusing on the social history and context of supernatural beliefs as reflected in key literary and musical works from 1600 to the present. It provides an understanding of the place of ambiguity and the role of interpretation in culture, science and art. Great works of art by Shakespeare, Verdi, Goethe (in translation), Gounod, Henry James and Benjamin Britten are explored, as well as readings from the most recent scholarship on magic and the supernatural. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-013j-the-supernatural-in-music-literature-and-culture-fall-2013 Fall 2013 Shadle, Charles Fuller, Mary 2014-06-27T18:51:16+05:00 21M.013J 21A.113J 21L.013J en-US 21M.013 21M.013J 21A.113J 21A.113 21L.013J 21L.013 Macbeth Dido and Aeneas Faust Liszt Berlioz Murnau Turn of the Screw magic witches witchcraft belief superstition sorcery ghost spirit heaven hell devil angel occult paranormal religion allegory Bible God sin alchemy astrology mystic mysticism Europe European history medieval Renaissance Shakespeare Goethe Henry James 19th century America metaphysics pragmatism death afterlife soul phantom myth spell wizard wisdom MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is an introduction to diverse musical traditions of the world. Music from a wide range of geographical areas is studied in terms of structure, performance practice, social use, aesthetics, and cross-cultural contact. Course work includes hands-on music making, live demonstrations by guest artists, and ethnographic research projects. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-030-introduction-to-world-music-spring-2013 Spring 2013 Tang, Patricia 2013-12-16T22:07:31+05:00 21M.030 en-US enthomusicology field study music analysis culture dance globalization folk music ethnic music international music gamelan raga Senegal sabar MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides continued work in the development of play scripts for the theater. Writers work on sustained pieces in weekly workshop meetings, individual consultation with the instructor, and in collaboration with student actors, directors, and designers. Fully developed scripts are eligible for inclusion in the Playwrights' Workshop Production. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-785-playwrights-workshop-spring-2012 Spring 2012 Brody, Alan 2012-11-07T20:43:35+05:00 21M.785 en-US theater play script plot one-act play theatrical acting playwright character pacing student play MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course focuses on reading a script theatrically with a view to mounting a coherent production. Through careful, intensive reading of a variety of plays from different periods and different aesthetics, a pattern emerges for discerning what options exist for interpretating a script. The Fall 2005 version of this course contains alternate readings and assignments sections. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-710-script-analysis-fall-2011 Fall 2011 Brody, Alan 2012-11-07T20:43:28+05:00 21M.710 en-US script analysis dramatic interpretation theater plays dramatic analysis theatrical production script dialog conflict character historical context plot setting scene directing staging design MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The disciplines of music history and music theory have been slow to embrace the digital revolutions that have transformed other fields' text-based scholarship (history and literature in particular). Computational musicology opens the door to the possibility of understanding—even if at a broad level—trends and norms of behavior of large repertories of music. This class presents the major approaches, results, and challenges of computational musicology through readings in the field, gaining familiarity with datasets, and hands on workshops and assignments on data analysis and "corpus" (i.e., repertory) studies. Class sessions alternate between discussion/lecture and labs on digital tools for studying music. A background in music theory and/or history is required, and experience in computer programming will be extremely helpful. Coursework culminates in an independent research project in quantitative or computational musicology that will be presented to the class as a whole. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-269-studies-in-western-music-history-quantitative-and-computational-approaches-to-music-history-spring-2012 Spring 2012 Cuthbert, Michael Scott 2012-09-14T16:09:53+05:00 21M.269 en-US music informatics computational methods statistical analysis musicology music theory musicology open source software MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines European music from the early Middle Ages until the end of the Renaissance. It includes a chronological survey and intensive study of three topics: chant and its development, music in Italy 1340-1420, and music in Elizabethan England. Instruction focuses on methods and pitfalls in studying music of the distant past. Students' papers, problem sets, and presentations explore lives, genres, and works in depth. Works are studied in facsimile of original notation, and from original manuscripts at MIT, where possible. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-220-early-music-fall-2010 Fall 2010 Cuthbert, Michael Scott 2012-08-23T12:13:45+05:00 21M.220 en-US musicology music history music composition medieval music church music chant Gregorian chant religious music liturgy monody polyphony Trecento Elizabethan London motet madrigal Renaissance MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. 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For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is a creative, hands-on exploration of contemporary and historical approaches to live electronics performance and improvisation, including basic analog instrument design, computer synthesis programming, and hardware and software interface design. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-380-music-and-technology-live-electronics-performance-practices-spring-2011 Spring 2011 Ariza, Christopher 2012-01-05T19:55:22+05:00 21M.380 en-US Music composition music history computer music music performance electronic music contemporary music music synthesis improvisation analog electronics live electronic music electroacoustic improvisation MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm