| CODE | MSP2319 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Repertoire Studies: Piano | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | A systematic survey of 18th, 19th and 20th-century repertoire for solo piano. Analysis and discussions will be followed by listening to representative works. Emphasis will also be placed on historically-informed interpretations of representative works from each historical period. Study-unit Aims: This unit aims to familiarise the student with different techniques of analysing music for solo piano from the standard repertoire. A wide spectrum of composers and styles will be selected and discussed. Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: (a) recognise the canonic repertoire for piano solo from the 18th to the early 20th centuries through the analysis of various representative works; (b) appraise the great piano works of the common practice period. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: (a) discuss and analyse piano music from the common practice period; (b) prepare and deliver a presentation on a composer, genre or topic related to the piano repertoire; (c) discuss and analyse other works by different composers from other periods and styles. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Badura-Skoda, Paul. 1990. Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard (Oxford: Clarendon Press). - Barth, George. 1992. The Pianist as Orator (Ithaca: Cornell University Press). - Rosenblum, Sandra. 1988. Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their Principles and Applications (Bloomington & Indiana: Indiana University Press). |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite study-unit: MSP1266 or by audition Co-requisite study-unit: MSP2257 (for B.Mus. (Hons) students only) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michael Laus |
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