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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: MUS2002 Module Title: 18TH CENTURY HARMONY AND COUNTERPOINT
Module Provider: Music and Sound Recording Short Name: MU2.C18H&C
Level: HE2 Module Co-ordinator: EXARCHOS D Dr (Music Record)
Number of credits: 10 Number of ECTS credits: 5
 
Module Availability

Spring Semester

Assessment Pattern
Components of Assessment
Method(s)
Percentage weighting
Coursework
  • Two equally weighted       exercises - 60%.
  • Final Project - 40%.
100%
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Pass in HE1 Harmony
Module Aims
  • to develop your skills in writing pastiche harmony and counterpoint in 18th-century styles and forms
  • to increase your technical understanding of 18th-century harmony and counterpoint
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this module you should be able to:
  • write a keyboard sonata exposition in a Classical style
  • write keyboard variations on a given theme
  • write two-part Baroque counterpoint
Module Content
Principles of harmony, form and counterpoint in 18th-century music.
Methods of Teaching/Learning
10 one-hour classes, combining unassessed written exercises and lecture-demonstration.
Selected Texts/Journals
Required Reading:
 
Cook, Nicholas, 1998: Analysis through Composition (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
 
Recommended Reading:
 
Gauldin, Robert , 1998: A Practical Approach to Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint (Englewood Cliffs : Prentice Hall)
 
Kennan, Kent, 1987: Counterpoint (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall)
Last Updated

07.12.06