Contemporary Techniques

Studies music from 1910 to the present; new compositional and analytical procedures. In particular, the course encompasses the following materials: A study of impressionistic techniques; pandiatonic and mirror harmony; polychoral, polytonal and atonal writing; and numerous creative exercises in the styles of the most significant composers of all nationalities of the 20th Century. The art and literature of the period of the specific composers under consideration will be discussed in conjunction with the stylistic analysis of the music.