Mediant Studies 

Music Courses
Outline of the LMusTCL Course | LMusTCL Registration Form

OUTLINE OF THE LMusTCL COURSE

1. General Musical Style

The changing styles of Western music :

• Early musical style (Middle Ages and Renaissance)
• The development of musical style (Baroque to Twentieth Century)
• Music for lute and keyboard (virginals, spinet, clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano, pianoforte and organ)
• The development of orchestral technique and structures
• Eighteenth century instrumental style
• Early Romantic Chamber music
• Fin de Siècle (focussing on the late nineteenth century)
• Stylistic analysis of scores

2. Set works

One option will be covered:

Orchestral music (available in 2011-2012)
The set work is:

• Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra

Notes on the two works will be supplied. There will be assignments on each. There will also be assignments on keyboard music in general. These will require more depth than previously, to reflect a change in the style of examination questions in recent papers. Accordingly, a good deal of time will be spent in marking students’ work. As a result fees are higher than in previous years.

Students may take the General Musical Styles module independently, but are advised not to take the Set Works module unless they are either taking General Musical Styles or have considerable knowledge in the field. LMusTCL is at the level of the third year of a university music degree.

Applications must be posted to
    The Director, Mediant Studies,
    P.O. Box 56132, Dominion Rd, Auckland 1446, New Zealand.