Music Humanities
Chair of Music Humanities
Prof. Elaine Sisman
604 Dodge Hall
212-854-7728
es53@columbia.edu
The focus of Music Humanities is on the many forms of the Western musical imagination in art music, through works studied in their historical and cultural contexts. The specific goals of the course are to awaken and encourage active, critical, and comparative listening practices, to provide tools to respond verbally to a variety of musical idioms, and to create engagement with the debates about the character and purposes of music that have occupied composers and musical thinkers since ancient times. The extraordinary richness of musical life in New York is an integral part of the course.
The course moves chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present, examining the choices and assumptions of composers, their patrons, audiences, and performers, and exploring what we can and can’t know about how music of the past may have sounded. Students’ critical perceptions and articulate responses to the music, and to the source readings that are a hallmark of the Core, will be a vital part of the class.
Registration Procedure
All information concerning registration in HUMA UN1123 Masterpieces of Western Music is included in the registration materials sent to students. It is the expectation of the College that all students complete Music Humanities by the end of their third year.
All Core Curriculum courses, including Music Humanities, must be taken for a letter grade. Students may not drop or withdraw from Music Humanities after the Core drop deadline (which is also the end of the Change-of-Program period). For more information, see Registration—Dropping Core Courses.
Courses of Instruction
HUMA UN1123 Masterpieces of Western Music. 3 points.
Analysis and discussion of representative works from the Middle Ages to the present.
Spring 2022: HUMA UN1123
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Course Number | Section/Call Number | Times/Location | Instructor | Points | Enrollment |
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HUMA 1123 | 001/11465 | M W 8:40am - 9:55am 404 Dodge Building |
Calder Hannan | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 002/11466 | M W 8:40am - 9:55am 405 Dodge Building |
Lauren Shepherd | 3 | 23/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 003/11468 | M W 8:40am - 9:55am 622 Dodge Building |
Grant Woods | 3 | 24/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 004/11469 | M W 10:10am - 11:25am 404 Dodge Building |
Julia Doe | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 005/15677 | M W 10:10am - 11:25am 405 Dodge Building |
Audrey Amsellem | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 006/11531 | M W 10:10am - 11:25am 716 Hamilton Hall |
Ryan Pratt | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 007/11532 | M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm 622 Dodge Building |
Jonathan Ligrani | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 008/11533 | M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm 716 Hamilton Hall |
Manuel García Orozco | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 009/11534 | M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm 404 Dodge Building |
Magdalena Baczewska | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 010/11535 | M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm 405 Dodge Building |
Mariusz Kozak | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 011/11536 | M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm 716 Hamilton Hall |
Joshua Navon | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 012/11537 | M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm 404 Dodge Building |
Ratidzai Chikukwa | 3 | 23/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 013/15679 | M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm 405 Dodge Building |
Marilyn McCoy | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 014/11538 | M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm 716 Hamilton Hall |
Joshua Navon | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 015/11539 | M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm 404 Dodge Building |
Hannah Kendall | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 016/11540 | M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm 405 Dodge Building |
Giuseppe Gerbino | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 017/11541 | M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm 716 Hamilton Hall |
Daniel Chiarilli | 3 | 24/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 018/11542 | T Th 8:40am - 9:55am 404 Dodge Building |
Ashkan Behzadi | 3 | 24/24 |
HUMA 1123 | 019/11543 | T Th 8:40am - 9:55am 622 Dodge Building |
Susan Boynton | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 020/11544 | T Th 10:10am - 11:25am 404 Dodge Building |
Ashkan Behzadi | 3 | 22/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 021/11545 | T Th 10:10am - 11:25am 405 Dodge Building |
Lauren Bernard | 3 | 24/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 022/11546 | T Th 10:10am - 11:25am 716 Hamilton Hall |
Anya Wilkening | 3 | 23/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 023/11547 | T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm 404 Dodge Building |
Benjamin Steege | 3 | 24/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 024/11548 | T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm 716 Hamilton Hall |
Bradford Garton | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 025/11549 | T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm 404 Dodge Building |
Ralph Whyte | 3 | 23/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 026/11550 | T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm 405 Dodge Building |
Julia Hamilton | 3 | 22/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 027/11551 | T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm 716 Hamilton Hall |
Russell O'Rourke | 3 | 24/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 028/11552 | T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm 404 Dodge Building |
Ralph Whyte | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 029/11553 | T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm 405 Dodge Building |
Julia Hamilton | 3 | 25/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 030/11554 | T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm 716 Hamilton Hall |
Russell O'Rourke | 3 | 24/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 031/11555 | T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm 404 Dodge Building |
Uri Kochavi | 3 | 21/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 032/11556 | T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm 716 Hamilton Hall |
Callum Blackmore | 3 | 24/25 |
HUMA 1123 | 033/20054 | T Th 10:10am - 11:25am Online Only |
Alexander Rothe | 3 | 26/25 |
Fall 2022: HUMA UN1123
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Course Number | Section/Call Number | Times/Location | Instructor | Points | Enrollment |
HUMA 1123 | 001/10699 | M W 8:40am - 9:55am Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 002/10700 | M W 8:40am - 9:55am Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 003/10701 | M W 8:40am - 9:55am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 004/10702 | M W 10:10am - 11:25am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 005/10703 | M W 10:10am - 11:25am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 006/10835 | M W 10:10am - 11:25am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 007/10836 | M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 008/10839 | M W 1:10pm - 2:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 009/10842 | M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 010/10843 | M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 011/10844 | M W 2:40pm - 3:55pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 012/10845 | M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 013/10846 | M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 014/10847 | M W 4:10pm - 5:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 015/10848 | M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 016/10849 | M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 017/10852 | M W 6:10pm - 7:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 018/10853 | T Th 8:40am - 9:55am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 019/10854 | T Th 8:40am - 9:55am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 020/10858 | T Th 10:10am - 11:25am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 021/10859 | T Th 10:10am - 11:25am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 022/10860 | T Th 10:10am - 11:25am Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 023/10861 | T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 024/10862 | T Th 1:10pm - 2:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 025/10868 | T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 026/10869 | T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 027/10870 | T Th 2:40pm - 3:55pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 028/10874 | T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 029/10873 | T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 030/10872 | T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1123 | 031/10875 | T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 032/10876 | T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 033/13594 | T Th 8:40am - 9:55am Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 034/13595 | T Th 8:40am - 9:55am Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 | |
HUMA 1123 | 035/13596 | T Th 6:10pm - 7:25pm Room TBA |
3 | 0/10 |
Exemption from Music Humanities
Although all Columbia students are expected to take Music Humanities, there are some students who enter with exceptional musical backgrounds that may qualify them for exemption. Exemption from Music Humanities may be obtained by passing an Exemption Exam. In the case of transfer students, exemption may also be obtained by filing a course substitution request.
Exemption Exam
The Exemption Exam is offered on the first Friday of the fall semester by the Music Department (621 Dodge Hall). Students who matriculate in the spring semester should take the exam in the following fall term. Students may take the exam only once during their first year at Columbia. If they do not pass the exam, they must enroll in a section of Music Humanities.
Course Substitution
In addition to the Exemption Exam, students with approved transfer credit have the option of requesting exemption on the basis of a similar music course passed with a grade of B or higher at another college or university. This exemption must be requested during the student’s first semester at Columbia. Petitions submitted in subsequent semesters will not be considered by the Center for the Core Curriculum.
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