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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.
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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.)
You may take your score into the exam room. You should mark in bar numbers, if they are not there already. You must not put any other markings in the score. |
Click here to see notes provided for previous set works on Academia. These are just notes (without the musical examples, essay plans and model answers which are included in the package I supply.) I have been advised that I am in the top 2% of researchers in Academia based on views over a thirty-day period.
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