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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module MUSI2551: ADVANCED MUSICAL TECHNIQUES: MOZART QUARTET

Department: MUSIC

MUSI2551: ADVANCED MUSICAL TECHNIQUES: MOZART QUARTET

Type Open Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2006/07 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • Techniques of Composition (MUSI1161).

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To build on and develop first-year work in 'Techniques of Composition', to allow the student to become acquainted with the repertoire of Mozart quartets, and the techniques used by this composer in his corpus of works for the genre, and also to gain 'hands-on' experience.

Content

  • This 'hands-on', course builds upon work done at Level 1 in 'Techniques of Composition'.
  • Through a study of Mozart's mature string quartets, a deeper insight will be gained into the style of the classical quartet and, in particular, the sonata principle, central to musical thinking of the era.
  • Students will be expected to develop their proficiency in writing tonal harmony and counterpoint, and will be expected to demonstrate, through imitation, an understanding of the technique and style of Mozart's work in the genre.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • Acquiring a working knowledge of Mozart's string quartets as a repertoire
Subject-specific Skills:
  • to learn how to handle the sonata principle in particular
  • to be able to demonstrate, through imitation, an understanding of the technique and style of Mozart's mature quartets.
Key Skills:

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Tutorials and essays will develop students' skills in writing tonal harmony and counterpoint of the eighteenth century,

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Tutorials 25 Weekly 1 hour 25
Preparation and Reading 175
Total 200

Summative Assessment

Component: Composition Component Weighting: 100%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
a complete quartet movement in Classical style and length, based on given material 100%

Formative Assessment:

Students will be asked to prepare weekly assignments for the tutorials. These may be either analytical exercises or technical exercises in composition.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University