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My learning log for the BA (Hons) music course by the OCA
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Composing Music
Part 1
Learning Log
Projects
Project 1 : Percussion Solos
Project 2 : Duets
Project 3 : Three and more instruments
Project 4 : About structure
Research points
1) Boris Blacher and the Variable Metre
2) Marc Zoutendjk & Percussion
Listening Log
Boris Blacher-Second Paganini Variations
John Cage- Third Construction
Part 2
Learning Log
Projects
Project 5: Pentatonic melody
Project 6 :Analysing a solo composition
Malcolm Arnold : Fantasy for clarinet op.87 (analysis)
Jacques Ibert – Pièce (Analysis)
Proect 7 : Exploring different scales
Revision on Taylor
Description of used instruments
Listening Log
Solo wind instruments
William Osbourne – Rhapsody for Bassoon
Jean Francaix – Suite for solo flute
Alun Hoddinott – Lizard
Gordon Jacob – Seven Bagatelles
Paul Creston – Sonata op.19 for alto saxophone
Malcom Arnold – Fantasy for clarinet op.87
Anders Hagberg – Care
Daniel Dorff – Tweet
Ondrey Smeykal – Prameny
Sandor Balassa – Ha szol a tarogato
Part 3
Learning Log
Projects
Project 8 : Rounds and catches
Project 9 : Descants
Project 10 : A contrapuntal trial
Research Points
Rounds/ Catches
Polyphony
Listening Log
Rounds, Catches
August Mühling – Froh zu sein
Dona Nobis Pacem
Gisbert Brandt – Baby Just
Henry Harington – Poor Thomas Day
Henry Purcell – I gave her cake
Joanne Hammil – Popcorn
Thomas Ravenscroft – Hey ho, nobody home
Polyphony
Thomas Morley – April is in my Mistress’ face
Thomas Morley – Fyer, fyer
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium
Orlando Gibbons – Hosanna to the Son of David
Orlando Gibbons – O Lord, in thy wrath
William Byrd – Though Amaryllis dance in green
Part 4
Learning Log
Projects
Project 11 : Inventing free counterpoint
Project 12 : Two part inventions
Research Points
Counterpoint
Fugue
Invention
Structure of a tango (Assignment 4)
The history of tuning
Listening Log
Dmitri Shostakovich – Fugue in A major
J.S.Bach – Fugue in d-minor BWV 851
J.S.Bach – Invention in Bb-major BWV 785
Johanna Beyer – Dissonant Counterpoint I
Stefan Wirth – Tango fugue on a theme by Piazzolla
Part 5
Learning Log
Projects
Project 13 : Elaborate Cadences
Project 14 : Improvising on a dominant
Research Points
Cadenza
Listening Log
Johannes Brahms – Mozart’s Piano concerto in D-minor – Cadenza
J.Haydn – Cello Concerto no. 1 – Cadenza
J.Haydn – Violin Concerto no.4 – Cadenza
L.v.Beethoven – Violin concerto in D-maj, op. 61 – Cadenza
Niccolo Paganini – Violin Concerto no. 1 – Cadenza
Sergey Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto no. 3 – Cadenza
W.A.Mozart – Violin concerto no. 2 – Cadenza
W.A. Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp – Cadenza
Richard Wagner – Das Rheingold, Prelude
My assignments
Assignment 1
Wild Dance
Reflection on composing “Wild Dance”
Assignment 2
Piece for Clarinet in B-flat
Compositional Plan
Reflection on composing Piece for Clarinet in B-flat
Assignment 3
A little polyphony
Reflection on”A little polyphony”
Assignment 4
Fugue for three
Reflection and compositional plan on ” Fugue for three”
Assignment 5
Classical Jazz
Compositional plan and reflection for “Classical Jazz”
Stylistic Techniques
Part 1
Learning Log
Projects
Research Points
Listening Log
Ah, Dolente Partita – Claudio Monteverdi
Belta poi che t’assenti – Carlo Gesualdo
Caro dolce ben mio, perche fuggire – Andrea Gabrieli
Now is the month of maying – Thomas Morley
Mass – Hindemith
Missa Papae Marcelli
Matona, mia cara – Orlando di Lasso
Requiem in d-minor – Mozart
Sweet honey-sucking bees – John Wilbye
Part 2
Learning Log
Projects
Research Points
Listening Log
Part 3
Learning Log
Projects
Research Points
Listening Log
Part 4
Learning Log
Projects
Research Points
Listening Log
Part 5
Learning Log
Projects
Research Points
Listening Log
Assignments
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
From Present to Past
Part 1 – Music Today
Projects
Additional work
Listening Log
Part 2 – Twentieth Century Music
Projects
Listening Log
Part 3 – Nineteenth-century innovations
Projects
Listening Log
Part 4 – The Classical Style
Projects
Listening Log
Part 5 – Ars Nova, Renaissance and Baroque Music
Projects
Listening Log
Assignments
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Orchestration and Arrangement
Part 1- An introduction to orchestration
Learning Log
Listening Log
Part 2 – Orchestrating with Wind instruments
Learning Log
Listening Log
Part 3: Brass Instruments and Instrumental Choirs
Learning Log
Listening Log
Part 4: Piano Reductions and Unusual Ensembles
Learning Log
Listening Log
Part 5: The Orchestra
Learning Log
Listening Log
Assignments
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Assignment 6
Reflection on the course
Moving on with Composition
Part 1: Harmony with words
Learning Log
Listening Log
Part 2 : Voices Together
Learning Log
Listening Log
Part 3: Adding Strings
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Listening Log
Part 4: Expanding the Band
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Listening Log
Part 5: An exploratory finale
Learning Log
Listening Log
Assignments
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Sarah Cahill – Dissonant Counterpoint
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