Advantages: Top rated, excellent oppurtunities, small intake, good options Disadvantages: None really
, but different periods.
Introduction to Classical Analysis: Analysing classical pieces. Had assignments to do and a final exam.
Principles of Musical Structure: Analysing pieces but focusing on the structure e.g. 12-tone music and fugues. Assignments and a final exam.
Composition I (optional, could either do this or Musicianship Skills or Notation): Composition exercises every week and a final submission. I choose to do electroacoustic, the facilities for this are truly excellent.
Harmony + Counterpoint I: Not always that fun, but it needs to be done. All sorts of harmony exercises, focusing on Bach Chorale Style and the Renaissance Palestrina Style. Assessment by a minuet composition and completion of a chorale and palestrina style piece.
Notated Sound: About how to notate clearly and professionally, and includes ...
nathgregory 08.06.2006 (14.11.2006)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Music
Advantages: Extremely thorough and visually appealing. Disadvantages: None for me.
era is given 30 pages of the book. It's incredible that music from this early period has survived at all. Ok, so Hildegard of Bingen may not exactly be a household name, but the book told me enough to make me curious about her and want to know more. She lived from 1098 to 1179, experienced visions, was renowned for her prophecies, and for a woman living in her era she was quite an influential figure. Other early composers covered in this section of the book include Thomas Tallis, William Byrd and Palestrina.
The Baroque Era 1600 - 1750
This period covers about 70 pages. It is a period that I like and it includes some of the composers that I am most familiar with. One new person I learned about in this section was the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. He died as a result of gangrene in his foot, which had unfortunately ...
