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MUSV3118

Formal Compositional Strategies A

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Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Home examination

About

About the course

Course content

The course combines compositional practices with studies of musical scores and musical analysis. The aim is to obtain insight into different procedures of creating compositional forms. The formal processes in compositions from different parts of history, as well as contemporary compositions with different aesthetic foundations, are studied in the light of different analytical theories.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

An examinee with a completed qualification in MUSV3118

  • has in-depth knowledge about compositional form strategies
  • has general knowledge of the musicological and compositional fields the advanced subject belongs to
  • has knowledge of historical and contemporary research questions within the subject
  • has knowledge of theories and research methods within the subject
  • has knowledge which makes it possible to place and understand the subject within the frame of history of musical composition and history of research

Skills:

An examinee with a completed qualification in MUSV3118

  • can express his/her deepened knowledge in a convincing way, both in writing and speech
  • can individually find and assess relevant research based knowledge to illuminate a problem within the subject
  • can, based on his/her deepened knowledge, discuss academic texts in a diversified way, enter a dialogue with the texts of others and carry out his/her own reasoning, both in writing and speech
  • can utilize analytical methods on an independent and critical basis

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and a syllabus, combined with a curriculum of musical works for analysis, as well as practical exercises where this is relevant for the content and focus of the course.

Further on evaluation

The essay for the home examination has a maximum length of 10 typed pages (line-spacing 1.5, 12pt font size).

If the course is not passed, the student must retake the whole assessment.

Specific conditions

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
MUSV3017 7.5 sp Autumn 2017
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Musicology

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Music

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2024

Home examination
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2024-12-03
Submission 2024-12-06
Time Release 12:00
Submission 12:00
Duration 3 days Exam system Inspera Assessment