Music HIstory
Musicology Lecture Notes Week 1 30/9/03 Music History – Graham Cummings Music History Box ☻ Influences – Composers and works ☻ Compostional Techniques ☻ Development of Instruments ☻ Social Issues ☻ Politics ☻ Playing/ Singing Techniques ☻ Development of Technology ☻ Working Method ☻ Grouping in Music – eg orchestras/ chamber music/ jazz ☻ Personal life of composer – the element of biography Fundamentals of Music ☻ Melody ☻ Rhythm ☻ Harmony ☻ Texture ☻ Tonality ☻ Density ☻ Timbre ☻ Instrumentation ☻ Structure Structures ☻ Binary – 18th century dances, eg allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue ☻ Turnery – Minuet, Sonata – exposition, development, recapitulation.