MERLOT Materials

Various collections for teaching Shakespeare (everything from lifestyle to Tudor music insult kits). See below for the... see more

This class explores the political and aesthetic foundations of hip hop. Students trace the musical, corporeal, visual,... see more

This program consists of more than 30 interviews with Broadway's leading artists explaining what each discipline in the... see more

This course gives a broad overview of Western music from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, with emphasis on late... see more

This course explores the ways that music is both shaped by and gives shape to the cultural settings in which it is... see more

This course is an introduction to diverse musical traditions of the world. Music from a wide range of geographical areas... see more

This class introduces students to the rudiments of Western music through oral, aural, and written practice utilizing... see more

This course surveys seven Baroque and Classical genres: opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, concerto, quartet, symphony,... see more

This course surveys Romantic musical genres including song, choral music, opera, piano sonata, character cycle, concerto,... see more

This course is a survey of developments in Western musical style, 1815-1915. Students will study works by 35 composers,... see more

This subject covers a specific branch of music history: Western concert music of first sixty years of the twentieth... see more

This course begins with the premise that the 1960s mark a great dividing point in the history of 20th century Western... see more

The disciplines of music history and music theory have been slow to embrace the digital revolutions that have transformed... see more

This course is a survey of significant orchestral masterworks composed during three centuries. Listening assignments... see more

This course focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient... see more

This course is an introduction to selected musical traditions of West Africa. A variety of musical practices and their... see more

This course focuses on popular music, i.e. music created for and transmitted by mass media. Various popular music genres... see more

This course surveys the development of popular music in the United States and in a cross-cultural milieu relative to the... see more

In this subject we will study the basic harmonic, melodic, and formal practices of western music, principally the... see more

In this subject, we explore the harmonic, melodic, and formal practices of western music, principally the so-called... see more

Written and analytic exercises based on 18th- and 19th-century small forms and harmonic practice found in music such as... see more

This course builds on the composition techniques practiced in 21M.303 Writing in Tonal Forms I. Students undertake... see more

This class explores composition and arrangement for the large jazz ensemble from 1920s foundations to current postmodern... see more

This course features directed composition of larger forms of original writing involving voices and/or instruments. It... see more