Justin Henry Rubin:

MU 3101 - Form and Analysis

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Syllabus

Journal

Syllabus
Mu 3101 Form and Analysis
Dr. Justin Rubin
Class Sessions: Humanities 222 Monday and Wednesday
12-12:50
Office: Bohannon 25A
Office Phone: 726-8218 E-mail: jrubin1@d.umn.edu

Texts:

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Assignments and Projects:

Students will be assigned weekly brief analytical projects as taught in class. Following exhaustive study of selected compositions by master composers, students will compose original pieces modeling the style and theoretical techniques as learned in class.

Attendance:

It is mandatory for each student to attend every class. Failure to do so will result in a lowered grade. For an absence to be excused (see Excused Absence Policy in Policies/Procedures in the UMD Catalogue), the student must provide valid documentation to the professor. In an emergency, I can be contacted through e-mail, the music office, or my office telephone.

For each three unexcused absences, a 1/2 grade will be reduced from the final average. Lateness is also not acceptable. For each two times a student is late, it will count as one unexcused absence. If a student arrives more than 10 minutes late, it will be equivalent to an absence.

Office Hours:

I will be in my office for any questions concerning the class, assignments, etc., as posted on my door (subject to change without notice).

Grading:

Projects and Exams: Your work will be assessed based on the accurate application of the forms and techniques as exhibited in the composition projects and the creativity with which they are utilized. Analytical ability will be based on in class exams.

Final Exam Date: 10-12 December 19

Journal: Extra Credit (as assigned in class)

Course Outline:

I Contrapuntal Forms

· Canon
· Fugue
· Free Imitation
· Chorale

Works to be studied in class: Dietrich Buxtehude, Chorale Preludes
Project to follow!

II Sonata Form

Works to be studied in class: Joseph Haydn, Complete Piano Sonatas Vol. I
Project to follow!

III 20th Century and Modern Techniques

· Working with non-functional tonality
· Working with sets and other non-tonal systems

Works to be studied in class: Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Works for String Quartet (Webern, Stravinsky)
Exams to follow!

Projects

Project 1: Chorale

Compose a keyboard-based chorale prelude (cantus firmus given) in three or four voices, between 15 and 20 bars.

Your piece should include as many of the contrapuntal devices that we have studied in class as possible.

Project 2: Sonata

Compose a sonata form movement in 4/4 time (for piano) between 20 and 30 bars.

Your work can be in any of the following keys: A major, Eb major, b minor, f minor.

Label all sections (exposition, themes, development, recapitulation, transitions), and complete a harmonic analysis including key regions and Roman numeral designations.

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