This seminar examines music as a phenomenon of human mind and experience. Topics of discussion will include creativity, performance, music perception, modes of listening, music and human emotions, and social and cultural foundations of music. The emphasis will be on applying cognitive concepts to the study of music.
The Ernest Bloch Lectures will be included as part of the seminar. Printed copies of the lectures will be distributed in class.
Graduate standing is required.
This course is scheduled for Wednesdays from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. in the fall 1999 semester. Classes are held on the UC Berkeley Campus in the Music Library Seminar Room 242. The first class is Wednesday August 25, 1999. Students are also encouraged to attend the Bloch lectures.
This course will provide new insights into the processes of listening, performing, improvising and composition. It will offer psychological accounts for a wide variety of phenomena from tonality and voice-leading to stage fright and the formation of musical tastes. The course curriculum will place special emphasis on the instructor's own published research.
An over-arching objective of Music 220 is to help students to become more observant of their own psychological experiences related to music.
The course objectives are pursued through classroom lectures and discussions. Distributed reading material will emphasize published writings by the course instructor. A complete list of publications is available.
Huron, D. An Ear for Music: A Course in Psychomusicology. Columbus, OH, 1999; 455.
Additional recommended reading includes: John Sloboda, The Musical Mind (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985). Students who wish to pursue selected readings in a given topic should refer to the course bibliography.
Resources for this course can be found on the world-wide web at: http://www.music-cog.ohio-state.edu/Music220/
The workload for Music 220 entails three hours of lecture/discussions each week, plus approximately four hours of additional reading (roughly 40 pages) per week.
The method of evaluation has yet to be determined.
Dr. David Huron
Morrison Hall, Room 220
Telephone: 642-2692 (Wk.)
E-mail: hüron.1@osü.edü [Ignore the umlauts; they are present to foil web crawlers.]
Students are encouraged to arrange to discuss any aspect of their course work. No appointments are necessary, however meeting times can be assured by telephoning Prof. Huron to make an appointment. If you are unable to reach the instructor on the telephone, remember to leave a message giving your name and telephone number.