Courses Offered in Spring 2026 (114AY 2S)

課程概述與目標：

The first half of this course will devote to a series of re-examinations of the idea of the author, his/her influence, and recent debates re: Werktreue. In the second half of the semester, we will discuss the idea of globalism, Brecht’s theory of drama and its impact on music, and Kant’s philosophical approach to aesthetic judgment. We will conclude with a brief introduction to the ways to “decipher” a critical edition in music.

This graduate course introduces research methods, as well as the strategies and the “language” of writing about music to performance majors. We start with a brief review of the basics of research venues, tools, and crucial issues in and ethics of academic writing. We continue with a series of sample writings hand in hand with these principles. We will see how the authors focus on different aspects of perspectives in their discussion of music and how they develop and sharpen their arguments.

The aim of this course is to offer graduate music majors necessary tools and directions to engage in an intelligent discussion of their repertory, skills that they may apply to their term projects, thesis writing, and lecture recitals. We will have two invited music scholars coming to discuss the ways that they phrase they theories arguments. The selected sample writings will enable us to see the variety of ways that an author may use to approach a music work.

Each week, students will take turns performing in groups, while the teacher and other students provide feedback and share their experiences through observation and discussion. This aims to enhance practical performance skills, address technical and pedagogical challenges, and ensure that students have a strong foundation in teaching methods for their future careers in music performance or teaching.

The topics of this seminar include literature reading, music analysis, and performance practice. Through multiple methods the students will be able to research the performance of music styles from the 16th to 18th centuries and explore the art of Authentic Performance.