Georg Haas

I learned a great deal from the discussions and presentations we experienced in class from faculty, fellow peers, and visiting artists who met with us through Zoom. It was beneficial to see various perspectives surrounding different musical topics.

How to think and write music that goes beyond the 12 tone tempered system.

In these seminars, each student had the opportunity to share their work with their peers. The diversity and variety of styles contributed to engaging discussions. Some seminars featured guest speakers who were established, diverse artists. They generously shared their working methods, artistic experiences, and actively engaged with the students.

This course serves as an excellent resource for broadening one’s perspective on diverse cultural traditions and the use of temperament systems. It explores a substantial body of artists and composers who employed innovative temperament systems beyond the European 12-tone temperament. Georg Friedrich Haas’ expertise, both as a composer and a connoisseur, provided a richly informed foundation for class discussions.

I learned about various composers, performers and how to prepeare for career opportunities.

About the analysis of composers such as Scelsi, Stein, Wyschnegradsky, joined by other examples of music beyond twelve tone temperament and about interesting student presentations.

I thoroughly enjoyed the topics covered in this course and the assignments, which allowed us to compose pieces in various systems. Through presentations, we had the opportunity to share our interests with fellow students and explore the diverse cultural applications of temperament systems and tunings from around the world.

This was an overall great experience in terms of the understanding music that is beyond twelve tone temperament both in the perspective of music theory, and within the perspective of performers, as the class has discussions on various recordings of interesting performers. There are also composition assignments which are fun. 1 Columbia University: Arts & Sciences Fall 2024 Course: MUSIGR8240_001_2024_3-MusicBeyond12ToneTemperamentI : MUSIGR8240_001_2024_3 - Music Beyond 12 Tone Temperament I Instructor: Georg Haas