University of South Carolina
School of Music

BAIN MUSC 315
Analysis of Tonal Music

Spring 2025


MUSC 315A | Blackboard


C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
Triangle Tonal Theory
Review

2. Baroque Music
3. Classical Music
4. Romantic Music
5. Twentieth-Century
Music
6. Contemporary
Tonal Idioms

News

Welcome to MUSC 315!

Course Description

Analysis of tonal Western art music from 1600-2000 with an emphasis on the study of harmony and style analysis.

Prerequisite: C or better in MUSC 215

Required Textbooks (Open Access)

Mark Gotham, et al., Open Music Theory, Version 2 {OMT2}.

Robert Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st Classroom (MT21). {MT21}

Andre Mount, Fundamentals, Function, and Form {Mount 2020}

Course Documents

  1. Syllabus (TBA)
  2. Activities
  3. Reading
  4. Listening/Analysis
  5. Digital Anthology (under construction)
  6. Bibliography

Online Resources

  1. Adams, MusicTheory.net {MusicTheory.net}
  2. Alvira, Teoria {Teoria}
  3. Feezell, Mark. LearnMusicTheory.net (LMT). Available online at: <https://learnmusictheory.net>.

Main References

Gotham, Mark, et al. 2023. Open Music Theory, Version 2 (OMT2). Available online at: <https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/>.
Hutchinson, Robert. 2021. Music Theory for the 21st Classroom (MT21). Available online at: <https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html>.

Mount, Andre with Lee Rothfarb. 2020. Fundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music (MOUNT). Available online: <https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/fundamentals-function-form/>.



Updated: December 21, 2024

Reginald Bain | University of South Carolina | School of Music
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