Historical Musicology Practicum: The Scores and the Sounds of Music 

歷史音樂學實務：樂譜樂音

Teacher：Lap-kwan Kam

Semester：Fall 2004, Fall 2003

Credit：3

Introduction

Ontology of Music—What/Where is Music?

Technology in Musicology—Friend or Foe?

The Scores: Notation and Edition

- Types of Western Notations

- Computer Notation Programs

- Types of Editions

- Edition Techniques

- Computer-Assisted Analysis

The Sounds: Audio Materials

- History of Music Recording

- Audio Formats

- Basic Equipments and Recording Technique

- Sound Archiving

- Analysis of Recorded Performances

Texts

Borwick, John, and Association of Professional Recording Services. _Sound Recording Practice_. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Day, Timothy. _A Century of Recorded Music: Listening to Musical History_. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.

Clarke, Eric, and Nicholas Cook, ed. _Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects._ New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Grier, James. _The Critical Editing of Music : History, Method, and Practice_. Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Haus, Goffredo, ed. _Music Processing_. Madison, Wis.: A-R Editions ; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Roads, Curtis. _The Computer Music Tutorial_. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1996.

Roads, Curtis. _The Music Machine: Selected Readings from Computer Music Journal_. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1989.

Selfridge-Field, Eleanor, ed. _Beyond MIDI: the Handbook of Musical Codes_. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1997.

Utz, Peter. _Introduction to Audio_. Computer Music and Digital Audio Series ; V. 19. Middleton, Wisc.: A-R Editions, 2003.

Grading: Participation 30%, Projects 70%