MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

MUM4310

Twentieth-century compositional techniques

Steve Adam

Synopsis Students are required to record, modify, sequence and sample sounds to produce edited pieces of electronic music in the electronic laboratory. They also study late twentieth-century atonal and serial techniques by means of composing, analysing and performing.

Assessment Written (2000 words): 20% + Examination (2 hours): 40% + Five notations (5000 words equivalent): 40%

Prescribed texts

• Dallin L Techniques of twentieth century composition Brown, 1974