MUS3580

Contemporary music

(ART)

C J De Wilde

8 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: MUS2110, MUS2120

Synopsis: Primary musical styles and compositional trends of the twentieth century. Topics 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), indeterminancy, neo-Romanticism, and minimalism. Contemporary Australian music is also considered within this context.

Assessment: Written (4500 words): 80% + Oral presentation (20 minutes): 20%