Music Language 3: Modern Directions

This subject is not offered in 2014.

120 hours

MUSI20061 Music Language 2: Chromaticism and Beyond

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This subject provides an overview of the principal compositional styles and techniques found in twentieth-century Western music. Students are required to write five brief original compositions in specific modern styles. There will be a short-answer test including set work recognition (listening), and information and techniques covered in lectures. There will also be a scales test.

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• demonstrate a working knowledge of the principal 20th-century techniques
• understand and articulate the historical context in which they emerged
• compose short pieces using these techniques
• appreciate the skills and challenges of the compositional process

Five practical assignments written during the semester (70% = 14% each); short-answer test held in the examination period (15%); scales test to be held in the examination period (5%); attendance, participation, and direction of the class ensemble in performing the assignments (10%).

All components must be attempted in order to pass this subject.

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This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

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On completion of this subject, students should have the ability to:

• absorb and analyse models and replicate them
• connect modes of communication with contexts in which they arise