Course
Discontinued
No
Course code
MUSC 2410
Descriptive
Theory of Tonal Music IV
Department
Music
Faculty
Language, Literature and Performing Arts
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
201820
PLAR
Yes
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
30
Contact hours
4 hours per week
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Learning activities
Concepts and techniques are presented and discussed in the lectures; assignments are undertaken by the students.
Course description
The study of form in tonal music with emphasis on the analysis of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century instrumental and vocal genres.
Course content
- Principles of musical form: concepts and terms.
- The role of melody, rhythm, harmony and texture in the formal process.
- Techniques of melodic, harmonic and textural reduction.
- Analysis of Baroque counterpoint: invention and fugue.
- Review of binary, ternary and compound ternary forms.
- Analysis of Classical and Romantic forms: sonata, concerto, rondo, sonata-rondo.
- Implications of analysis for performance.
Learning outcomes
The student will learn harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, and structural materials of tonal music. The student will be expected to:
- provide an analysis of representative musical excerpts or entire compositions;
- provide written answers to questions on any aspect of the course content.
Means of assessment
| Short Assignments (minimum of 3) | 15% |
| Major Projects (2) | 20% |
| Class Participation | 10% |
| Quizzes (minimum of 5) | 10% |
| Tests (minimum of 2) | 20% |
| Final Examination | 25% |
Textbook materials
Required texts, such as the following:
Theory Textbook
- Mathes, James. The Analysis of Musical Form. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.
Or
- Spencer, Peter and Peter M. Temko. A Practical Approach to the Study of Form in Music. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1994.
Or
- Turek, Ralph. The Elements of Music: Concepts and Applications. 2nd ed. Volumes I & II. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. Plus Workbook, Volumes 1 & 2
Or
- Spring, Glenn and Jere Hutcheson. Musical Form and Analysis. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark, 1995.
Anthology of Music Scores
- Kostka, Stefan and Roger Graybill. Anthology of Music for Analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2000
Prerequisites
MUSC 2310 or special permission