2024
Analysis of Contemporary Music I
Name: Analysis of Contemporary Music I
Code: MUS12901M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Music
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- Familiarize students with the language and creative processes of twentieth and Twenty-first century composers.
- Acquire an understanding of the relationship between theory and practice in music;
- Stimulate interest in the ability to work independently and in a team environment;
- Reflect critically upon their own practice;
- Present ideas clearly and communicate them effectively.
- Acquire an understanding of the relationship between theory and practice in music;
- Stimulate interest in the ability to work independently and in a team environment;
- Reflect critically upon their own practice;
- Present ideas clearly and communicate them effectively.
Contents
The syllabus may change from year to year acording to lecturers' research interests, but includes some of the following topics:
- Dodecaphonism - Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern.
- Serialism - Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen.
- Portuguese Contemporary Music.
- Dodecaphonism - Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern.
- Serialism - Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen.
- Portuguese Contemporary Music.
Teaching Methods
In the classroom:
- Seminars: introducing topics and key concepts.
- Practical exercises: working together with students on selected examples.
- Small group teaching: students are asked to arrange themselves into groups and work together under the teacher's guidance.
Teaching aids: video-projector, computer-based presentations, digital piano.
Assessment:
Students can choose between:
Continuous Assessment:
- Weekly assignments (40%)
- Written examination of two hours' duration (40%)
- Submission of an essay of about 2000 words (20%)
Final exam
- Written examination of two hours' duration (80%)
- Submission of an essay of about 2000 words (20%)
- Seminars: introducing topics and key concepts.
- Practical exercises: working together with students on selected examples.
- Small group teaching: students are asked to arrange themselves into groups and work together under the teacher's guidance.
Teaching aids: video-projector, computer-based presentations, digital piano.
Assessment:
Students can choose between:
Continuous Assessment:
- Weekly assignments (40%)
- Written examination of two hours' duration (40%)
- Submission of an essay of about 2000 words (20%)
Final exam
- Written examination of two hours' duration (80%)
- Submission of an essay of about 2000 words (20%)
