This course studies Mozart's string quartets, as well as the compositional process. (Painted by Saverio dalla Rosa in Verona, January 1770.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Charles Shadle
MIT Course Number
21M.304
As Taught In
Spring 2009
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course builds on the composition techniques practiced in 21M.303 Writing in Tonal Forms I. Students undertake further written and analytic exercises in tonal music, including a sonata-form movement for string quartet. Students will also have the opportunity to write short works that experiment with the expanded tonal techniques of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Musicianship laboratory is required.