Primary Faculty: Professors BRODBECK (Chair, Director of Graduate Studies), DAVIS, EUBA (Andrew Mellon Professor), FRANKLIN, LORD, ROOT, YUNG; Associate Professors LEWIS, MOE, ROSENBLUM; Assistant Professors LeBARON, WEINTRAUB; Senior Lecturer GOLDSMITH (Director, Heinz Chapel Choir)

Affiliated Faculty (Adjunct faculty and those with primary appointments in other areas): Associate Professors BRANDT (Adjunct), CHERNOFF (Adjunct)

Emeritus Faculty: Professors NKETIA (Andrew Mellon Professor), STERNE; Associate Professors BEIKMAN, WEISS

The Department of Music offers a stimulating environment in which to make music through composition, improvisation, and performance, to explore music's meaning in the structure of individual works and in the relations between them, and to study the function and meaning of music within its social, cultural, and historical contexts. Toward that end, the department offers the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Music with programs in three fields of study: composition and theory, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Although the curriculum in each field is specialized, the faculty and students work closely together, and the programs are closely interconnected through a series of interdisciplinary proseminars.

Program in Composition and Theory
The program of study in composition and theory is based upon the premise that the invention and analysis of music are related activities. The curriculum stresses training in the craft of composition (individual instruction forms a large part of the course work) while developing in the student a broad knowledge of the contemporary repertory and an ability to formulate abstractions from existing music.

The department's resources include an electroacoustic music studio. Digital recording equipment and computer notation programs and facilities are available.

Program in Ethnomusicology
The program of study in ethnomusicology prepares scholars for research and teaching. The training includes a thorough study of the history and theory of the discipline, methods and techniques of research, cultural theory, a general exposure to world music, a specialized study of one or more particular repertories and/or the musical behavior of one particular cultural entity, and faculty guidance in original research. The program is especially strong in African music, African-American music, American music, Chinese music, global popular music, jazz, and the music of Southeast Asia. The program maintains a balance between the humanistic and social sciences perspectives.

The ethnomusicology program is supported by a computer-assisted musical analysis laboratory. The department owns the Cunningham Collection of world musical instruments; a large Javanese gamelan consisting of about 40 instruments, mostly gongs and gong chimes; Chinese string and wind instruments; and a large collection of West African percussion instruments.

Students have an opportunity to participate in a variety of performing groups, including the African Drumming Ensemble and the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble. The Jazz Ensemble offers composing, performing, and arranging experience for students studying jazz. The annual Jazz Seminar brings internationally noted performers to the University for a week of conferences and performances.

Students in ethnomusicology benefit also from the University's strong Area Studies programs, particularly Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, and Russian and East European Studies. Moreover, in collaboration with the Indian Council for Cultural Relationships, the department brings leading musicians from India to campus each year for concerts, lectures, and workshops.

Program in Historical Musicology
The program of study in historical musicology reflects the wide-ranging interest and diverse methodological approaches of the faculty. The curriculum combines training in the primary tools of the discipline–including criticism and analysis, codicology and source study, and historical performance practices–with the study of music in its larger cultural and societal contexts. Accordingly, the program is not bound solely to the study of music from the Western art-music tradition; students may choose to work on topics in American, popular, and traditional musics as well.

The primary resources for the program include the Theodore M. Finney Music Library, located in the Music Building, and the Art and Music Division of the nearby Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Both libraries contain a general music research collection. They also have several collections of important primary materials, including early American hymnals and tunebooks, binder's volumes of sheet music with regional significance, 17th and 18th-century manuscripts and prints of English sacred and secular works, and many printed editions dating from 1550 to 1800. The Music Library contains the music from the estates of Ethelbert Nevin, Adolf Forster, Fidelis Zitterbart, and William Steinberg. In addition, the Foster Hall Collection in the Stephen Foster Memorial contains one of the most significant repositories of 19th- and early 20th-century American music in the country.

• The application form (two copies).
• Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work (two copies).
• At least three letters of recommendation.
• Certified scores on the Graduate Record Examination, including the verbal, quantitative, and analytical section scores, as well as those of the music subject examination. (The GRE must be taken in October or December; scores for examinations taken in April will not be sent to us in time to be taken into account.)
• At least two papers on an analytical, historical, or theoretical topic; applicants in composition and theory should submit at least two scores and (if possible) tapes of recent compositions, together with one paper on an analytical or theoretical topic.

Deadlines: Applicants who wish to be considered for financial assistance must ensure that their application and all supporting materials have arrived at the Department of Music no later than February 1. Candidates who do not wish to be considered for financial assistance may apply for admission in the Fall Term no later than March 15.

Mid-year Applications: The department discourages admission in the Spring Term but will consider it under special circumstances. Financial assistance is not generally available for students entering the program in the Spring Term. Prospective applicants who wish to be admitted in mid-year should discuss their circumstances with the Director of Graduate Studies. The closing date for applications for admission in the Spring Term is November 1.

MUSIC 2111            Principles of Research and Bibliography
MUSIC 2121            Introduction to Ethnomusicology
MUSIC 2131            Introduction to Historical Musicology
MUSIC 2141            Musical Analysis

Much of the remainder of the curriculum at the master's level consists of more specialized courses. Students in Composition and Theory select private tutorials in composition and analysis and practical courses in orchestration and electroacoustic music; students in Ethnomusicology select from both area courses and seminars and topical courses and seminars; students in Historical Musicology select from topical seminars.

Course Requirements
Composition and Theory (30 credits required):

• Four proseminars (12 credits).
• Three terms of Composition and Analysis Tutorial (Music 2631) (9 credits).
• Two additional courses, selected from Instrumentation and Orchestration (Music 1431), Electronic and Computer Music (Music 1441/1442), or any graduate courses either within or outside the Department of Music (6 credits).
• Three credits in preparation of the MA thesis (Music 2000). Doctoral students permitted to bypass the MA must substitute an elective for this course.

Ethnomusicology (30 credits required):

• Four proseminars (12 credits).
• Two area courses and seminars (6 credits).
• Two topical courses and seminars (6 credits).
• One course (numbered 1000 or higher) in anthropology or other related discipline (3 credits).
• Three credits in preparation of the MA thesis (Music 2000). Doctoral students permitted to bypass the MA must substitute an elective for this course.

Historical Musicology (30 credits required):

• Four proseminars (12 credits).
• Three topical seminars in historical musicology (9 credits).
• Two other graduate courses either within or outside the Department of Music (6 credits).
• Three credits in preparation of the MA thesis (Music 2000). Doctoral students permitted to bypass the MA must substitute an elective for this course.

Language Requirement
Historical Musicology: For the MA degree, a reading knowledge of German, French, Italian, or Latin is required. In special circumstances, another language may be substituted.

Thesis
Composition and Theory: Candidates for the MA degree submit a composition with an accompanying essay.

Ethnomusicology or Historical Musicology: Candidates for the MA degree submit a master's thesis, equivalent in size and scope to a publishable scholarly article.

Language Requirement
Composition and Theory: For the PhD degree, a reading knowledge of one language besides English, chosen in consultation with the major advisor, is required.

Ethnomusicology: For the PhD degree, a reading knowledge of one language besides English relevant to the field of specialization, chosen in consultation with the major advisor, is required.

Historical Musicology: For the PhD degree, a reading knowledge of two languages besides English is required; one of the two languages must be German.

Preliminary Evaluation
A formal evaluation of each student, intended to identify those students who may be expected to complete the PhD degree as well as to reveal areas of weakness in the student's preparation that need to be remedied, is made at the end of the first year in residence.

Comprehensive Examination
Composition and Theory: A written comprehensive examination in analysis, 20th-century musical language, and instrumentation and orchestration, normally taken during the third year in residence, serves as the examination for admission to doctoral study.

Ethnomusicology: A written comprehensive examination in the history, theory, and methodology of ethnomusicology, world music, and analysis, normally taken during the third year in residence, serves as the examination for admission to doctoral study.

Historical Musicology: A written comprehensive examination in the history of Western music and in musical analysis, normally taken during the third year in residence, serves as the examination for admission to doctoral study.

Admission to Candidacy for the PhD degree
After passing the comprehensive examination, each student seeking admission to candidacy for the PhD degree prepares a written prospectus of the dissertation for presentation to the doctoral committee at a formal prospectus or dissertation overview meeting.

Dissertation
Composition and Theory: Candidates for the doctorate submit a dissertation in two parts, comprising a major work of original scholarship in music theory and a large-scale composition.

Ethnomusicology or Historical Musicology: Candidates for the doctorate submit a dissertation, a major work of original scholarship.

Final Oral Examination
A public defense of the dissertation is required.

NOTE: A more detailed description of the graduate program is available upon request. Please contact the Department of Music at the address and phone number given at the beginning of this entry.