MUS3210

Vocal music

C Williams

8 points - 3 hours per week - Second semester - Clayton - Prerequisite: MUS2110, MUS2120

Objectives On successful completion of the subject, students should have an understanding of the complexity of the relationship between a text and its musical setting in the song as well as a number of methods of a analytical inquiry which can be applied specifically to the song.

Synopsis The subject consists of analytical and historical studies of predominantly solo vocal music in the Western European tradition from the Middle Ages to the present. Works by Monteverdi, Purcell, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Faur, Debussy, Schoenberg, Webern and Charles Ives are included for discussion and analysis. Much of the analysis is text-based. The importance of literary movements and figures as well as the impact of the invention and development of the pianoforte are included in the historical survey.

Assessment Written (4000 words): 40% - Examination (1 hour): 20% - Performance: 40%

Back to the 1999 Arts Handbook