Listening/Analysis

Textbook: Joseph N. Straus, Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory, 4th ed. (New York: Norton, 2016). (Straus 2016)

The listening and analysis for MUSC 525 fall into the following five categories: 1. Musical Examples, 2. Model Analyses, 3. Guided Analyses, 4. Digital Anthology, and 5. Graphic Music Analyses. I have created a page for each category that contains links to my favorite recordings and analytical media:

1. Musical Examples
   Links to recordings and analytical media for all of the Straus 4/e Musical Examples (organized by chapter and topic).
   
   
2. Model Analyses
   Links to recordings and analytical media for the 12 Straus 4/e Model Analyses. The model analyses provide in-depth applications of the theoretical concepts introduced in each chapter.
   
   
3. Guided Analyses
   Links to recordings and analytical media for the Straus 4/e Guided Analysis. New to the fourth edition of the book, the Guided Analyses engage extended musical passages through a set of analytical prompts. They are designed to be starting points for analytical discussions and student projects.
   
   
4. Digital Anthology
   Other musical examples we will discuss in class.
   
   
5. Graphic Music Analyses (Straus 2022 & Straus 2018)
   The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis by Joseph N. Straus presents 33 graphic music analyses in print and video formats. The analyses apply the analytical techniques introduced in our textbook (Straus 2016) to a diverse array of post-tonal music. The videos, which are presented in strict chronological order, are now available on the author's Analyzing Modernist Music YouTube Channel and are also available on Oxford University Press's Companion Website for the printed book. They are simply amazing! I also highly recommend the 126 analytical videos that supplement the musical examples in Straus's book Broken Beauty: Musical Modernism and the Representation of Disability (Straus 2018).
   

References

Straus, Joseph N. 2022. The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis: Thirty-Three Graphic Music Analyses. New York: Oxford University Press (OUP). {GB; Oxford; Companion Website;  Videos: JosephStraus.com}

______________ 2018. Broken Beauty: Musical Modernism and the Representation of Disability. New York: Norton. {GB; Videos: JosephStraus.com}

______________ 2016. Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory, 4th ed. New York: Norton. {GB}