GRADUATE APPLICANTS' RECOMMENDED MUSIC AND MUSIC THEORY KNOWLEDGE
TEST PREPARATION
Applicants are strongly encouraged to review their undergraduate theory and history materials. Websites for review include the excellent pages maintained by W. W. Norton here: www.wwnorton.com/musichistory. A helpful site for reviewing theory fundamentals is found here: www.teoria.com.
Applicants interested in teaching in the areas of music theory, ear training/sight-singing, or music appreciation as part of their assistantship must complete these tests before March 1 (preferably by February 15).
Applicants should also consult a recent edition of some of the texts listed below.
THEORY TEXTS:
Tonal Harmony and Voice Leading
Aldwell, Edward, and Carl Schachter. Harmony and Voice Leading.
Gauldin, Robert. Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music.
Kostka, Stefan, and Dorothy Payne. Tonal Harmony with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music.
Ottman, Robert. Advanced Harmony: Theory and Practice.
Piston, Walter, and Mark DeVoto. Harmony.
Musical Form and Musical Analysis
Berry, Wallace. Form in Music.
Spencer, Peter, and Peter M. Temko. A Practical Approach to the Study of Form in Music.
Stein, Leon. Structure and Style.
Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
Gauldin, Robert. A Practical Approach to Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint.
Kennan, Kent. Counterpoint.
Piston, Walter. Counterpoint.
Twentieth-Century Music:
Kostka, Stefan. Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music.
Lester, Joel. Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-Century Music.
Simms, Bryan R. Music of the Twentieth Century: Style and Structure.
Williams, J. Kent. Theories and Analyses of Twentieth-Century Music.
If you work your way systematically through just one book in each category,
making sure you understand all the material that is presented, you will be
prepared for the theory placement test and for your graduate theory courses.
HISTORY TEXTS:
Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Paliska. A History of Western Music.
Norton Anthology of Western Music (scores) and Study and Listening Guide (coordinated with the text).
Applicants are strongly encouraged to review their undergraduate theory and history materials. Websites for review include the excellent pages maintained by W. W. Norton here: www.wwnorton.com/musichistory. A helpful site for reviewing theory fundamentals is found here: www.teoria.com.
Applicants interested in teaching in the areas of music theory, ear training/sight-singing, or music appreciation as part of their assistantship must complete these tests before March 1 (preferably by February 15).
Applicants should also consult a recent edition of some of the texts listed below.
THEORY TEXTS:
Tonal Harmony and Voice Leading
Aldwell, Edward, and Carl Schachter. Harmony and Voice Leading.
Gauldin, Robert. Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music.
Kostka, Stefan, and Dorothy Payne. Tonal Harmony with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music.
Ottman, Robert. Advanced Harmony: Theory and Practice.
Piston, Walter, and Mark DeVoto. Harmony.
Musical Form and Musical Analysis
Berry, Wallace. Form in Music.
Spencer, Peter, and Peter M. Temko. A Practical Approach to the Study of Form in Music.
Stein, Leon. Structure and Style.
Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
Gauldin, Robert. A Practical Approach to Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint.
Kennan, Kent. Counterpoint.
Piston, Walter. Counterpoint.
Twentieth-Century Music:
Kostka, Stefan. Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music.
Lester, Joel. Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-Century Music.
Simms, Bryan R. Music of the Twentieth Century: Style and Structure.
Williams, J. Kent. Theories and Analyses of Twentieth-Century Music.
If you work your way systematically through just one book in each category,
making sure you understand all the material that is presented, you will be
prepared for the theory placement test and for your graduate theory courses.
HISTORY TEXTS:
Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Paliska. A History of Western Music.
Norton Anthology of Western Music (scores) and Study and Listening Guide (coordinated with the text).