Undergraduate Course: Music 2C: Intermediate Training in Compositional Techniques (MUSI08050)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course embraces both creative work and the learning of technical skills. Inventiveness will be encouraged, while students will also be asked to carry out analyses and compositional exercises in various styles, using the works of past composers as sources and models. Teaching will be run jointly with Style Studies 2 and Composition 2. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least one semester in Music Theory and one semester in Composition. We will only consider University/College level courses.
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course students will have learned the ability to engage with a variety of musical styles through creative and technical projects and exercises.
They will have the technical skills necessary to reproduce a number of past musical styles, particularly those of Palestrina, J.S. Bach, Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn.
They will have the ability to conceive musical ideas, and to manipulate them in an inventive and individual way.
They will have the ability to develop musical materials into well-formed and coherent musical structures.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
S1: Project Week in week 6 - 10am-1pm Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri.
Tutorials in Weeks 1-5 and 7-11.
S2: Project Week in week 6 - 10am-1pm Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri.
Seminars and tutorials in weeks 3,5,7,10 with one-to-one tuition in Week 9. |
| Keywords | composition style studies counterpoint harmony |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Noel O'Regan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2429
Email: N.O'Regan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Noureen Ehsan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9179
Email: Noureen.Ehsan@ed.ac.uk |
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