Music Theory Review for Grad School

College Majors Music Major
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<p>Does anyone have a suggestion for a good online course/book to review music theory and ear training for grad school applications? I will be auditioning at a few schools that have placement exams on audition days (at least I believe they don't count towards admission) and I haven't taken any theory classes in quite a while. I'm also asking because I did my undergrad in Europe and am unsure of the level of those exams.
Any help is very much appreciated! Thanks!</p>

<p>PS: I apologize if there is a thread about this already but I'm new to the site and the search didn't come up with anyting...</p>

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<p>One of my son’s potential grad schools made the following recommendations for Music Theory and Music History study (list quoted directly from the website): </p>

<p>1.A History of Western Music by Grout and Palisca
2.Tonal Harmony by Kostka and Payne
3.Music of the 20th Century by Simms</p>

<p>All 3 of these happen to be the same textbooks he used in his undergrad program at a different school, which is very fortunate!</p>

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<p>Thanks, I’ll check those out!</p>