This advanced course in music theory is open for M.A. students, as well as M.Mus. graduates of the courses “Fundamentals of Harmony, Counterpoint and Musical Forms I” and “II” (as well as equivalent courses) as an elective/seminar. The course addresses advanced topics of harmony, theory of musical form, theory of rhythm and meter, theory of musical performance, musical rhetoric etc., as well as theoretical and practical exploration of the complex interrelation between musical interpretation and analysis, to be exemplified by several in-depth analyses of selected masterworks from Renaissance to modern classics.