About From composition to performance: musicians at work

This theme-based course draws on a wide variety of musical traditions and periods, including western art music of the last 500 years, jazz, popular and film music, and music of non-western traditions. Youll examine the processes by which music is formed and transmitted - composition, improvisation, performance, editing, and publication - and social and historical factors that shape those processes. You need appropriate knowledge of harmony, form and score-reading before you start the course; these will enable you to develop technical skills in tasks such as transcribing and editing music. The assessed essays require evaluation of historical and contemporary sources, listening to music and engaging with musical controversies and debates.