ATS3825 · Western art music in the 20th and 21st century

Overview

This unit investigates the primary musical styles and compositional trends of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The unit analyses representative source works and discusses major musical figures of the period. Topics may include the transition from nineteenth century Romanticism, impressionism, expressionism, the atonal revolution, neo-classicism, the twelve-tone system, serialism (including integral serialism), constructivism (electronic music and extended techniques), indeterminacy, neo-Romanticism and minimalism. The unit also considers Contemporary Australian within this broad context.

Areas of study: Composition and music technology Ethnomusicology and musicology Music Music performance

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Assessment

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Within semester assessment: 100%

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Requisites

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Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the major trends of twentieth-century composition, in particular, and the ways in which these trends relate to one another;
2. Analyse specific areas of twentieth-century music in some depth, providing further insight into the styles, composers and works important to the specific area in question;
3. Understand the principles of modern musical notation (i.e., graphic notation).

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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