Course
Discontinued
No
Course Code
MUSC 2410
Descriptive
Theory of Tonal Music IV
Department
Music
Faculty
Language, Literature & 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