Module Details
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Title CLASSICAL COMPOSITION 1
Code MUSI106
Coordinator Dr PA Turowski
Music
Paul.Turowski@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2022-23 Level 4 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

- To gain greater awareness of formal considerations to provide experience in handling small-scale musical form.
- To develop self-critical skills
- To develop accuracy and fluency in notation and musicianship
- To introduce students to the origins and historical development of counterpoint
- To gain basic awareness of a range of musical styles, languages, and approaches

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To demonstrate basic competency in notation and musicianship

(LO2) To demonstrate skills in the transformation and manipulation of musical data

(LO3) To show an understanding of species counterpoint and basic functional harmony

(LO4) To engage with aesthetic aspects of music composition

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking

(S3) Time and project management - Project planning

(S4) Basic level musicianship

Syllabus
 

- Contrapuntal techniques from Renaissance to contemporary periods
- Composing functional harmony and application of counterpoint to harmonic contexts

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Lectures introduce key concepts and techniques and will include short creative exercises that build toward the assessments.

The majority of teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24

           24
Timetable (if known) 120 mins X 1 totaling 24
  		           
Private Study 126
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Formative exercises that build up to an original composition. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedul  0    40       
Original composition using contrapuntal techniques in a harmonic context. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester   0    60       

Recommended Texts
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