CS198 - Logic, Art, and Music, Lecture Notes
Colby College, Spring 2006,
Randolph M. Jones
These notes record the planned topics for future lectures, or what
actually happened during past lectures. Check the ``updated''
date to keep track of modifications.
Dates with no link have not been written yet (or nothing happened that
day).
- Tuesday, February 7; (updated 2-7-2006)
- Thursday, February 9; (updated 2-9-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read the Introduction, "Three-part invention", and Chapter 1
- Tuesday, February 14; (updated 2-14-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Two-part invention", Chapter 2, "Sonata for unaccompanied Achilles",
and Chapter 3
- Thursday, February 16; (updated 2-16-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Contracrostipunctus" and Chapter 4
- Tuesday, February 21; (updated 2-21-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Little harmonic labyrinth" and Chapter 5
- Thursday, February 23; (updated 2-23-2006)
Quiz 1 assigned
Preparing for class:
- Read "Canon by intervallic augmentation" and Chapter 6
- Tuesday, February 28; (updated 3-2-2006)
Quiz 1 due
Preparing for class:
- Read "Chromatic fantasy and feud" and Chapter 7
- Thursday, March 2; (updated 3-2-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Crab canon" and Chapter 8
- Tuesday, March 7; (updated 3-7-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "A Mu offering" and Chapter 9
- Thursday, March 9; (updated 3-9-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Prelude..." and Chapter 10
- Tuesday, March 14; (updated 3-16-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "...Ant fugue" and Chapter 11
- Thursday, March 16; (updated 3-21-2006)
Quiz 2 assigned
- Tuesday, March 21; (updated 3-21-2006)
Quiz 2 due
Preparing for class:
- Read "English French German suite" and Chapter 12
- Thursday, March 23; (updated 3-23-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Aria with diverse variations" and Chapter 13
- Tuesday, March 28; Spring break
- Thursday, March 30; Spring break
- Tuesday, April 4; (updated 4-6-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Air on G's string" and Chapter 14
- Thursday, April 6; (updated 4-11-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Birthday cantatatata..." and Chapter 15
- Tuesday, April 11; (updated 4-11-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Edifying thoughts of a tobacco smoker" and Chapter 16
- Thursday, April 13; (updated 4-13-2006)
- Tuesday, April 18; (updated 4-18-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "The magnificrab indeed" and Chapter 17
- Thursday, April 20; (updated 4-20-2006)
- Tuesday, April 25; (updated 4-25-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "SHRDLU toy of man's designing" and Chapter 18
- Thursday, April 27
- Tuesday, May 2; (updated 5-2-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Contrafactus" and Chapter 19
- Thursday, May 4; (updated 5-5-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Read "Sloth canon" and Chapter 20
- Tuesday, May 9; (updated 5-11-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Thursday, May 11; (updated 5-11-2006)
Preparing for class:
- Sunday, May 21
Final exam due by 11:00AM
Randolph M. Jones
(rjones@colby.edu)