Music Language 3: Modern Directions (MUSI30046)

Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville) and On Campus (Southbank)

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Semester 2 - On Campus
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This subject follows Music Language 1 and 2 in chronological sequence, providing an overview of modern compositional directions, styles and techniques found Western music from 1900 through to the present day.

Set works are viewed, heard and analysed through the construction process of the composer. Students compose short, original pieces (assignments) using these techniques and styles which are performed or presented in tutorials.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • demonstrate a working knowledge of the principal 20th-century techniques;
  • identify compositional techniques in context;
  • apply technical and expressive insight to compositional processes;
  • collaborate with fellow musicians on practical realisation of compositional ideas.

Generic skills

On completion of this subject, students should have developed:

  • absorb and analyse models and replicate them;
  • connect modes of communication with contexts in which they arise.

Last updated: 14 March 2025