A foundation course working with the basic elements of counterpoint and rhythm. This course addresses the question through the study of a series of set works and of issues such as performance practice. Students spend additional time in private reading, listening and score study. Single Spring 10 credits Music from Chopin to the present day studied through significant movements and styles , including romanticism, nationalism, impressionism, neoclassicism and minimalism. 10 weekly 50-minute lectures.
Students spend additional time in private reading, listening and score study.
Topics include instrument and room acoustics. 10 weekly 50-minute lectures, with extensive demonstration. Students spend additional time in private study with problem solving. The aim of this module is to familiarise you with the central musical forms and structures of the 18th and 19th centuries, such as passacaglia, fugue, variation, rondo and sonata. 10 weekly 50-minute lectures.