Music theory and analysis
Latvian Academy of Music
Content: Methods of music analysis; specifics of instrumental and vocal music analysis; musical style, genre and form; expressive elements of music; musical forms in different historical and stylistic contexts
Main methods used during the course:
a) lectures by teacher: the presentation of theoretical material, as well as listening to some musical examples and analysing them;
b) seminars: presentations of analyzed compositions made by students;
c) group work: discussions about the main topics presented in the lectures and seminars.
Knowledge of classical music forms (period, simple and compound forms, the simplest examples of rondo, sonata form and variations), as well as knowledge of the main rules of classical tonal harmony
As a result of completing the course, the student
1) freely uses the terminology of music analysis,
2) uses the historical-stylistic approach in the description of elements of musical expression and form;
3) develops the ability to use different methods of music analysis.
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