This page presents resources associated with the classroom sessions: related listening, readings, scores, Web sites and videos.
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| SES # | INSTRUCTORS | TOPICS | RESOURCES |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | Martin Marks | Overview, getting acquainted, the syllabus, concerts, student projects | Excerpts from Eliot, T. S. Four Quartets. |
| C2 | Marcus Thompson | Class discussion | |
| E1 |
Forum 1: Time as ShapeMichael Cuthbert, Robert Jaffe, Libby Larson and Sara Brown Concert 1Imbrie, Larsen, Crumb and Ravel | See Forums and Concerts page | |
| C3 | Michael Cuthbert (Professor of Music) | Repeating time: minimalism and the structure of Reich's Four Organs | Reich, Steve. "Music as a Gradual Process" (1968). In Writings on Music, 1965-2000. Edited by Hillier. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780195111712. |
| C4 | Paul Schechter (Professor of Astrophysics) | A physicist's understanding of the concept of spacetime | Greene, Brian. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. New York, NY: Vintage, 2005. ISBN: 9780375727207. [Preview in Google Books] |
| C5 | Michael Ouellette (Lecturer in Theater Arts) | On Michael Frayn's Copenhagen | Frayn, Michael. Copenhagen. New York, NY: Anchor, 2000. ISBN: 9780385720793. |
| C6 | Donald Sadoway (Professor of Materials Science and Engineering) | 'Everything I needed to know I learned in 3.091' - using art, literature, music, and film to teach chemistry | This talk was similar to one given at the MIT Alumni Association's 2010 Technology Day; see this MIT World video starting at ~15:00, after the discussion about energy and batteries. |
| E2 |
Forum 2: Time as MemoryBruce Brubaker, Peter Child and Deborah Stein Concert 2Beethoven, Child and Dvořák | See Forums and Concerts page | |
| C7 | George Ruckert (Senior Lecturer in Music) | Measuring time: meters, cycles, and patterns in Hindustani music | |
| C8 | Christopher Ariza (Visiting Professor of Music) | Events per unit of time: density as a compositional parameter in the music and synthesis techniques of Iannis Xenakis (PDF - 1.1MB) (Courtesy of Christopher Ariza. Used with permission.) |
Recordings played in class———. "ST/48" (1962). On Xenakis: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5. Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Tamayo. Tympani, 2008. Roads, Curtis. "Now." Point Line Cloud. Asphodel Ltd., 2004. (Courtesy of Curtis Roads. Used with permission.)
Recommended readingsXenakis, Iannis. "Free Stochastic Music From the Computer." In Cybernetics, Art and, Ideas. Edited by J. Reichardt. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1971, pp. 124-142. ISBN: 9780821204313. |
| C9 | Stephen Tapscott (Professor of Literature) | Deeper into Muybridge: a poet's view |
Two poems from Muybridge (PDF) Wikipedia: Eadweard Muybridge |
| E3 |
Forum 3: Time as the Subject and SubstanceEllen Harris, Lewis Lockwood, Paul Matisse and Stephen Tapscott Concert 3Mozart, Loeffler, Still and Foss | See Forums and Concerts page | |
| C10 | Charles Shadle (Senior Lecturer in Music) | Time and structure in a film score for D. W. Griffith's Ramona (1910) |
Watch the Class 10 video This film with Shadle's score is released on Booklet notes from this DVD release, by Martin Marks. "Ramona (1910) -- About the Music." (PDF) (Courtesy of the National Film Preservation Foundation. Used with permission.) |
| C11 | Mark Harvey (Lecturer in Music) | In the moment: jazz time and improvisation |
Recordings played in classTime as defined, steady, organizing principle: Duke Ellington. "Satin Doll." 70th Birthday Concert. Blue Note, 1995. Time as more free, elastic: Miles Davis Quartet. "My Funny Valentine." The Complete Concert 1964: My Funny Valentine + Four & More. Columbia, 1992 reissue. Time as a medium in which composition / improvisation happens: Harvey, Mark. "Rapt at Rappaport's." Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. Paintings for Jazz Orchestra. Leo Records, 1993. Time in several senses,used simultaneously, steady + multi-meter + conducted improvisation: "The Seeker." Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. Recorded live at Regattabar, Cambridge MA, March 21, 2001. (Courtesy of Mark Harvey. Used with permission.)
Recommended ReadingsKahn, Ashley. Kind of Blue: The Making of Miles Davis Masterpiece. New York, NY: DaCapo Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780306810671. Harvey, Mark. "Jazz Time and Our Time." In This is How We Flow: Rhythm in Black Cultures. Edited by Angela M.S. Nelson. Columbia, SC: Univeristy of South Carolina Press, 1999, pp. 15-31. ISBN: 9781570031908. |
| C12 | Student projects & performances |
Watch the Class 12 video See Assignments page | |
| C13 |
Student projects & performances Wrap-Up | See Assignments page |