Music - Winter 1998

Music and the WorldWide Web is an exploration into every kind of musical experience available today on the Internet: history and research, commercial opportunities, composition tools, performance interactions, etc. A mixture of lecture, demonstration, computer labs, guest speakers, and discussion approach this wealth of topics from many angles. Students prepare a creative project using what's out there, learning how to get it, what to do once you've acquired, and how to publish and even sell the results.

Surveys popular music in the U.S. from origins to the present, but with special attention to the development and styles of rock. Musical experience helpful but not required. (General Education Codes: T4-Humanities and Arts, A.)

• And The Beat Goes On: An Introduction to Popular Music in America, 1840 to Today. By Michael Campbell (Schirmer, 1996)
• Inside the Music Industry: Creativity, Process and Business. By Michael Fink. 2nd Edition. (Schirmer, 1996)
• Mystery Train. By Greil Marcus (1997 Regents Professor at UC Berkeley). 4th edition (if available, else 3rd edition). (Plume/Penguin, 1997)
• The Global Jukebox: The International Music Industry. By Robert Burnett. (Routledge, 1996)
• Producing Pop: Culture and Conflict in the Popular Music Industry. By Keith Negus (Routledge, 1992)

A survey of film music by the major film composers. Will include study of film scores by, among others, Alfred Newman, Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Toru Takemitsu and Ennio Morricone, with viewings of movies such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Citizen Kane, Vertigo, Sparticus, Ran among others. In addition, there will be discussion of the contributions of composers such as Aaron Copland, Serge Prokofiev and Leonard Bernstein as well as discussion of current trends and film composers. The techniques and styles of film music will be explored through lectures, required listenings, readings and viewing of relevant films. A musical background, including the ability to read music helpful but not necessary.

Revised 7/12/04.