Intermediate Composition I

Builds on MU 462, and introduces students to some of the basic problems in musical composition through a series of exercises. Written work modelled on analyses of representative forms. Topics include: composition of music sentences and periods, composition in several idioms such as pandiatonic, atonal, twelve-tone, serial, pointilistic; analysis of representative compositions written in the 20th century; setting lyrics to music; Original compositions for different music ensembles; Contemporary instrumental techniques.