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 |
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| 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
Roads, Curtis. "Now." Point Line Cloud. Asphodel Ltd., 2004. (Courtesy of Curtis Roads. Used with permission.)
Recommended readings
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| 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 class
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 Readings
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| C12 | Student projects & performances |
Watch the Class 12 video See Assignments page | |
| C13 |
Student projects & performances Wrap-Up | See Assignments page |