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Sheffield, University of, BMus (Hons), Music

 United Kingdom
Year one: care studies with western music; composition; critical responses to music; individual project; introduction to harmony and counterpoint; introduction to studio techniques; listening skills; music history; music of the world; performance; popular music studies; stylistic harmony. Year two: analytical approaches to music; ballet music in the twentieth century; baroque counterpoint; classical harmony; contemporary popular music; creative applications of music technology; early nineteenth century harmonic styles; ensemble class; ethnomusicology; history of popular music; intermediate composition; jazz history; Messiaen and his times; music perception; music and arts administration; music and the recording industry; music in culture and society; music in education; music in Paris; music in the community; music of Africa; musical culture in east Asia; nineteenth century symphonic thought; orchestral technique; practical skills; practise and concepts of improvisation; psychological approaches to performance; sound recording practise; studies in music since 1945; the American experimental tradition; the late Baroque; the operas of Mozart; the string quartet; Wagnerian music drama; world music performance. Year three: extended dissertation; extended portfolio of compositions; extended prepared instrumental or vocal recital; dissertation; portfolio of compositions; prepared instrumental or vocal recital.

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