Course:

Licenciatura em Música

Profile(s):

Composição, Direcção e Formação Musical

Branch(es):

Composição

Contact Hours per Semester:

15

Scientific area:

MUS

Curricular year:

3

Semesterly/Yearly:

Semestral

Option:

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ECTS:

4

Type (1):

TP

Teacher responsible for the Curricular Unit:

Carlos Marecos

Time allocation for the C.U.:

15

Other teachers and time allocation for the C.U:

Learning Outcomes (knowledge, aptitudes and skills to be developed by the students)

Develop, deepen and manage different compositional techniques of theXX/XXIst centuriesin the context of a completemovementof alargeform. To apply the knowledgein orderto develop and control form in newsituations, differentfromthe studied models.

Syllabus:

Study of the use of different techniques to large forms. Writing small exercises with techniques related with different models. Development of one of the mentioned exercises with a large form complete movement as a model. It should always be chosen a clear form, so that the formal consistency is guaranteed, such as a Sonata or other ABA form type a mosaic form, a process form, a labyrinthine form, etc.. Models should be selected among works from composers with recognized importance in the music of the twentieth / twenty-first, such as Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Berio, Stockausen, Boulez, Ligeti, Birtwistle, Reich, Grisey century, etc.. Practical work in class may develop various technical aspects of the worked models, but an exclusive stylistic approach should be avoided. The application of acquired knowledge should be free and creative, focusing primarily on the formal level. Workshop composition: about 30% of the practical component must be applied in the presentation and collective discussion of works where students discuss their solutions with the teacher and with the working group. Students must submit a portfolio with small exercises made hroughout the semester and finish one piece, according to the mentioned above and with a sizeable (30-40 pages).

Demonstration of the Articulation of the Programme Contents with the Objectives of the C.U.

Since the objective of this C.U. is the acquisition of knowledge and skills so that the student can intervene in a variety of artistic and musical contexts, the syllabus indicated is selected in order to meet the scope of the issues involved.

Teaching and Evaluation Methods:

The teaching methodology is based on systematic and organized presentation of information through questioning, critical analysis and research suggested by the teacher, complemented with its study and discussion applied to the study of works and Composition exercises, under the guidance and supervision of the teacher in order to ensure knowledge and skills acquisition process, as specified in the C.U. objectives - The evaluation process is based on observation of the quality of participation in the activities developed during the course, including preparation for class, presentations and other tests or exams, verifying the level of the acquired knowledge and skills as specified in the C.U. objectives

Demonstration of the Articulation of the Teaching Methodologies with the Learning Objectives of the C.U.:

The coherence between the teaching methodologies with the learning objectives is assessed and demonstrated by the very nature of the performance and progress of students in classes, presentations, papers and exams.

Bibliography:

BRINDLE, Reginald Smith: Musical Composition, Oxford Univ. Press, NY, 1986.SALZER, Félix: Structural Hearing – Tonal coherence in music, Dover, NY, 1962.PERSICHETTI, Vincent; Twentieth-Century Harmony – Creative aspects and practice, W.W.Norton & Co., NY, 1961.SCHOENBERG, Arnold: Fundamentos da Composição Musical – Ed.Universidade de S.Paulo, SP, 1993.