COMPOSITION STUDIES 2:1

Course Code

MU 2045

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr F Jürgensen

Pre-requisites

None.

Overview

At the heart of this course are weekly exercises in pastiche composition in which students complete extracts of music by Clementi, Mozart, Haydn, Bach and Handel. Students gain experience in writing for piano and string quartet in Classical style, and in composing exercises in two- and three-part Baroque counterpoint. This course is designed to show how these different genres might be applied to particular compositional contexts, as well as offering an invaluable insight into the styles and techniques of eighteenth-century composition, as studied in MU2046.

Structure

1 two-hour class per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Assignment (30%) and Examination (70%).

Resit: Students resit the failed assessment(s).