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MCGY5605: Methods of Music Analysis
2021 unit information
This unit is designed to introduce students to the current state of music analysis, and to enable them to develop expertise in analytical methodologies relevant to their research interests. A range of analytical approaches to Western Art Music 1700-1945 will be explored in the seminars, including Formenlehre theories and their recent offshoot, 'deformation' theory; nineteenth-century chromatic harmony and Neo-Riemannian approaches; set-theoretical analyses of post-tonal music; and semiotic or narrative approaches which relate analysis to humanistic inquiries. The focus of the unit will be balanced between theoretical exposition of the principles involved, and practical applications of the various methods to relevant repertoire.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
| Code | MCGY5605 |
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| Credit points | 6 |
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Assumed knowledge: Traditional chordal nomenclature (e.g. roman numeral and figured bass) and standard methods of analysing Western Art Music will be assumed. |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. investigate the ways a number of significant composers mainly, but not exclusively, from Western Art music of the 19th and 20th centuries, have created new modes of musical expression via the development of innovative compositional skills and techniques.
- LO2. demonstrate enhanced understanding of the genre of Western art music and the ways in which it continues to be composed today.
- LO3. use analysis alongside other types of musical and humanistic scholarship
- LO4. contribute actively to the learning of others through peer interactions in class.
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