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MUT3214
CONCERTO AND CADENZA
2018/2019, Semester 1
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Of Music)
Modular Credits: 4
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Prerequisites
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MUT1101: Introduction to Musical Concepts and Materials 3 Core Compositional Engagement (Theory) Electives and/or permission of the instructor
Schedule
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Seminar Room 5
Thursdays 10-11:50am
Syllabus
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Schedule
(this may change as we go along the semester)
Unit 1: Baroque Concerti
Weeks 1-3: Early Concerto
Including Bach (
Brandenburg Concerti
) and Vivaldi and Corelli
1) Cadenza improvisation: Brandenburg 3, II.
Unit 2: Classical Concerti/Concertante
Week 4: Haydn and Mozart
Week 5: Mozart
Week 6: Beethoven (violin)
2) Cadenza preparation/improvisation: classical concerto without extant cadenza (eg. K.466)
Unit 3: 19
th
Century Concerto
Week 7 – Beethoven (piano 4,5)
Week 8 – Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky (violin)
Week 9 – Brahms (violin, cello); Weber (clarinet)
Week 10 – Schumann, Dvorak (cello)
3) Cadenza preparation/composition: cadenza of a 19c concerto
Unit 4: Concerto after 1900
Week 11 – Sibelius(vln); Elgar (cello); Gershwin (piano); Berg (violin); Bartok (viola);
Week 12 – Barber (violin); Ravel (piano); Stravinsky (violin; piano and winds; Dumbarton Oaks); Korngold (violin)
Week 13 – Adams & Glass (violin); Carter (Double Concerto); Ligeti (piano; horn); Salonen (violin); Gulda (Cello)
4) Cadenza composition/preparation:
Free composition in a 20c/contemporary style (eg. Penderecki Kadenz for viola)
Presentations
(Schedule TBA
)
20 minute presentation on assigned concerto for own instrument
In your presentation, please include
1) Some formal analysis, and how that compares to the other concerti of the time
2) Lecture-Demonstration of cadenza(s)
:
possibly your own cadenzas (which can be part of your portfolio), and existing cadenzas
Assessment
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Participation
(15%)
CA
Assignments (Analysis) (20%)
Cadenza Improvisation/Performances (30%)
Presentation
(15%)
FINAL
(20%)
Cadenza Portfolio
Final Performance
(final cadenza composition)
Workload
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1-2-2-3-2
Workload Components : A-B-C-D-E
A: no. of lecture hours per week
B: no. of tutorial hours per week
C: no. of lab hours per week
D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc per week
E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student per week