Curricular Unit: Musical Analysis IV
Code: LCM009
ECTS: 2
Cientific Area: Musical Sciences
Learning Outcomes
> In this curricular unit students should continue to study the development of the tonal language during Romanticism. The practice of fugue analysis in the style of J. S. Bach will be continued.
> The fundamental principles of figured-bass and the approach to other forms of chord symbols in use today are studied also.
> Students will approach notions of how to use music notation correctly, acquiring some knowledge in this area.
Syllabus
> Further study of the use of chromatic elements in tonal harmony (continued).
> Further study of modulations and their implications in terms of the tonal construction of romantic music;
> The fugue technique (continued);
> Fundamental principles of the figured-bass technique and examples of its use;
> Basic rules of musical notation.
Teaching Methodologies
The curricular unit consists of fourteen one and a half hour-long sessions. A list of repertory will be previously sent to students. Students, in each session, analyze one work (or a segment of a work). Whenever necessary, technical aspects related to the given subject are addressed separately.
Bibliography
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Bochmann, Christopher (2003). A Linguagem Harmónica do Tonalismo. Lisboa: Juventude Musical Portuguesa
Bochmann, Christopher (2006). A Linguagem Harmónica do Tonalismo. Análises e Exercícios. Lisboa: Juventude Musical Portuguesa
Butterworth, Anna (1999). Harmony in Practice. London: Associated Board
Caplin, William (1998). Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Nova Iorque: Oxford University Press
Clendinning, Jane Piper and West Marvin, Elisabeth (2011). The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis, 2nd ed. New York: W. W. Norton
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Dunsby, Jonathan and Whittall, Arnold (1988). Music Analysis in Theory and Practice. London: Faber Music Ltd
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Hepokoski, James and Darcy, Warren (2011) Elements of Sonata Theory: Norms, Types and Deformations in the Late Eighteenth-Century Sonata. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Ijzerman, Job (2018). Harmony, counterpoint, partimento – A new method inspired by old masters. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Rosen, Charles (1988). Sonata Forms. Nova Iorque: W. W. Norton & Company
Rosen, Charles (1998). The Classical Style – Haydn, Mozart Beethoven. Nova Iorque: W. W. Norton & Company
Sacramento, José Guilherme (2007). Notação Musical – Manual para escrita, edição e revisão. Oeiras: Notação XXI
Schoenberg, Arnold (1967). Fundamentals of Musical Composition, ed. Gerald Strang and Leonard Stein. London: Faber and Faber
Teaching Staff
Emanuel Frazão