Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

MUSI2032. II.6 Orchestral studies and techniques 2 (for students in their secondyear of study) (3 credits)(This course is also offered to second year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)Students participate in weekly rehearsals and performances with the University's orchestra over twosemesters. Besides musical skills, this course focuses on teamwork, discipline and creativity. To gainadmission to the course, students must have reached the standard of ABRSM Grade 6 or the equivalenton one of the following: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion, violin,viola, cello or double bass and must pass an audition. Orchestral Studies and Techniques 1 is not aprerequisite.Assessment will be based on participation and a practical examination.265MUSI2025. II/III.1 Analysis of Western art music II (6 credits)This course is a continuation of Analysis of Western Art Music I. It covers the theory and practice ofWestern art music from selected style periods. Emphasis is placed on typical harmonic and formalprocedures. Primary activities include in-depth analyses of selected works, drills on various harmonicsyntaxes, and short exercises in historical styles. Some computer-assisted self-study may be required.Assessment will be based on coursework (100%).MUSI2006.II/III.2 Analysis of orally transmitted musics (6 credits)This course will focus on the description, transcription and analysis of music that is essentially orallytransmitted. Issues such as 'emic' and 'etic' transcription, prescriptive and descriptive notation, andvarious methods and theories of analysis will be discussed. Music from a variety of cultures, includingmusical cultures of Asia, will be used as examples for study. Prerequisite: students must have completedIntroduction to Musics of the World before undertaking this course.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (100%).MUSI2007.II/III.3 Western music history 1 (6 credits)This course traces the development of European music from its earliest beginnings in ancient Greeceand Rome, through the flowering of sacred and secular music in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,to the integrated instrumental and vocal idioms of the Baroque. The course demands familiarity with anumber of representative works composed between ca. 800 AD and 1750. A strong focus is placed onthe analytical study of scores through listening and reading. In addition, we focus on the ways in whichmusic relates to the other arts and the social contexts in which music was created. Prerequisite: studentsmust have completed Introduction to Music in Western Culture before undertaking this course.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (50%) and an examination (50%).MUSI2008.II/III.4 Western music history 2 (6 credits)This course will focus on the Western art music tradition from 1750 to the present, moving through theapparent stylistic perfection of the Classical era to the revolutions and restless variety of the Romanticera, and finally working through the complex experiments of modernist and postmodernist musics. Astandard repertoire will be introduced, and the student will be expected to become familiar with thescores, sounds and history of these periods. In addition, we focus on the ways in which music relates tothe other arts and the social contexts in which music was created. Prerequisite: students must havecompleted Western Music History 1 before undertaking this course.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (50%) and an examination (50%).