MUS 223 - Structure of Music III [SUN# MUS 2222]

1. Write simple two-part counterpoint.
2. Analyze contrapuntal compositions including preludes and fugues, orchestral forms including theme and variations, rondo, binary, sonata and concerto form utilizing newly learned techniques and reinforcing principles acquired in previous structure of music courses.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read orchestral, operatic, and piano scores.
4. Discuss the various forms, devices and techniques used by composers from the late Baroque period through the Classical to the Romantic era.
5. Explain and compare the compositional characteristics employed, and the trends, which identify these three periods of piano, operatic, and orchestral music.
6. Discuss the relationship of text, meaning, and music.
7. Discern and analyze the motivic content in various musical works.

1. The Nature of Polyphony
2. Writing Simple Melodic Lines
3. Basic Contrapuntal Technique
4. First Species: 1:1, the Foundations
5. Fugue
6. Theme and Variations
7. Binary Form
8. Rounded Binary Form
9. Rondo
10. Sonata Forms
    1. Sonata allegro
    2. Sonata rondo
11. Concerto Form