Year No. Offer Mode Description Cred. Pts 97 91903 S2 D STRUCTURAL ANAL IN MUSIC 1.00
This unit is an essential element of a student's postgraduate studies. The understanding of theoretical and structural aspects of music is fundamental to performing and teaching at an advanced level. The application of this knowledge to the performance of music is a critical factor in the intelligent interpretation of music from all periods in the history of Western music.
This unit analyses the structures of important Western musical forms in the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, and in the 20th century.
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to
undertake intelligent analysis of works from all major periods
of western music in the repertoire of their main area of
practical study.
Description Weighting(%)
- Introduction to purpose and methods of Analysis, including Schenkerian theory.
- Fugal Analysis
- Ritornello and Sonata Forms as especially treated in concerto repertoire of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic Periods
- Art Song, Lieder and Song Cycle
- Twentieth-century, with emphasis on Serialism
Cook, N, 1987, A Guide to Musical Analysis, Dent, London.
Tovey, D, 1937, Essays in Musical Analysis, OUP, London.
La Rue, J, 1970, Guidelines for Style Analysis, Norton, New York.
White, J, 1976, The Analysis of Music, Prentice Hall, Englewood
Cliffs, NJ.
Salzer, F, 1962, Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music,
Dover, New York.
Forte, A, 1973, The Structure of Atonal Music, Yale University
Press, New Haven.
Schenker, H, 1969, Five Graphic Music Analysis, Dover, New York.
Berry, W, 1976, Structural Functions in Music, Dover, New York.
ACTIVITY HOURS Tutorials/Workshops 28 Directed Study 137
No *F/S Marks Due Description Wtg(%) LBL 1 S 18/08/97 WRTN ANALYSIS FROM THE BAROQUE PERIOD 25.00 N 2 S 08/09/97 WRTN ANALYSIS FROM THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 25.00 N 3 S 13/10/97 WRTN ANALYSIS FROM THE ROMANTIC PERIOD 25.00 N 4 S 03/11/97 WRTN ANALYSIS FROM THE 20TH CENTURY 25.00 N
1 Nil