LMusTCL COURSE 2017-18

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Genre and Set work

The only option being offered at the moment is the Beethoven Diabelli Variations and the Keyboard genre.

Click on words underlined to see samples.

• Module 4, Genre:  An Introduction to keyboard music of the last thousand years.  There is already material about keyboard music in the General Musical Style module, and further information needed can be found in books and on the internet, so this section is not covered in detail.  However some material is available.  Click here for a description and sample of notes about "A Sense of Style".  It is possible to take this module as a "course", sending in in assignments for marking, and asking questions when necessary.
   

• Module 5, Set work:  Notes on the set work, the Diabelli Variations by Beethoven.
  These include notes about the historical and cultural background to the work, Beethoven's life and output, Beethoven's contemporaries, Beethoven's style, and a detailed analysis of each variation, with assignments in the format of exam questions.   Also included are files about Beethoven's pianos, fugue, and mediant relationships, which Beethoven exploits in the work.  You should listen to the work several times, so you come to know it well.  Unlike AMusTCL, there will be no analysis questions about the work, but you should be familiar with the structure and style of each movement, so you can recognise similarities and differences, and compare different variations.  If possible you should also listen to other works in that genre by the composer (such as the famous Eroica Variations), so you can see the development in Beethoven's style (and be able to comment on it in the exam).  You should also listen to sets of variations by other composers, so you are able to compare Beethoven's variations with them, and understand how he was influenced by - and influenced - other composers.  (Samples are included in the material, and full scores can be downloaded from IMSLP.  Recordings can be found on both IMSLP and Youtube.)  However you should have your own copy of the score of the work being studied.  All students receive essay plans and/or model answers, and lists of sources consulted during the preparation of the notes.
   

• Both modules: There are essay questions of the type asked in examinations. 
  Students taking the course can write these essays and send them in for comments as to how they can be improved to gain higher marks. 

A great deal of research goes into creating the material supplied, although you are more likely to gain high marks if you add to what the course offers by doing your own reading and listening.

For those who take the course, I spend a considerable amount of time commenting on assignments, in order to help students to widen their knowledge, in answering any questions they ask, and in helping them to improve their essay-writing technique (if necessary).  If necessary, you can chat with me on Skype.  (Contact me to ask for my Skype ID.)

Click here to see notes provided for previous set works. These are just notes (without the musical examples, essay plans and model answers which are included in the package I supply.)

Please contact us if you need any more information.

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