Jewish Music - Course Description

For admissions and degree requirements for H.L. Miller Cantorial School and
College of Jewish Music, click here.

Degrees
Bachelor of Arts (from List College)
Master of Sacred Music (from H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of
Jewish Music)

Bachelor of Arts
Admission Requirements
For admission to List College, please click here.

Degree Requirements
For Jewish Music Majors in List College
Twenty-one credits (seven courses), distributed as follows:
Pre-Cantorial Track:
MUS 4210: Beginning Music Theory I
MUS 4211: Beginning Music Theory II
MUS 4310: Musicianship I-a or appropriate level (2 credits)
MUS 4110: Chorus (2 credits)
9 credits of electives chosen in consultation with adviser

Non-Cantorial Track:
MUS 4210: Beginning Music Theory I
MUS 4211: Beginning Music Theory II
MUS 4411: The Jewish Component of the History of Art Music in the West
12 credits of electives chosen in consultation with adviser

Courses
Bibliographic and Historical Survey of Synagogue Music Literature I
JMU 4010, 3 credits
An introduction to the roots of the Ashkenazi tradition, beginning with a study of
ancient Israel through the Emancipation era and the music of Salomon Sulzer.
Emphasis is on the development and evolution of Minhag Ashkenaz and a
representative repertoire of the significant composers of each period.

Bibliographic and Historical Survey of Synagogue Music Literature II
JMU 4011, 3 credits
Continuation of JMU 4010.

Bibliographic and Historical Survey of Synagogue Music Literature III
JMU 4013, 3 credits
An exploration of the Jewish music of the modern era in Europe and America.
Emphasis will be placed on the study of representative composers, and on the
comparative repertoire of Eastern and Central/Western styles of hazzanut and
choral music, from the latter half of the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.
Continuation of JMU 4011.

Survey of Jewish Folk and Art Song I
JMU 4500, 3 credits
An exploration of the secular literature of Hebrew and Yiddish folk and art music.

Survey of Jewish Folk and Art Song II
JMU 4501, 3 credits
Continuation of JMU 4500.

Master's Thesis Seminar
JMU 5997, 1 credit
Guided preparation for the writing of the master's thesis, which can focus on a
selected topic in Jewish music history, cantorial development or musicology.
Open only to fourth-year cantorial students or with permission of instructor.

Master's Thesis Advisory I
JMU 5998, 1 credit
Provides continued support for students in their second year of preparation for a
master's degree in sacred music. Advisers include Neil Levin, Boaz Tarsi, Gerald
Cohen and Charles Davidson.

Master's Thesis Advisory II
JMU 5999, 2 credits
Continuation of JMU 5998.