Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

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• Unit Title

  Piano Literature 1 (Odd Years)

• Unit Code

  MUS1503

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

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Description

This unit surveys the musical literature for the piano. On completion, students will understand the connections between repertoire, playing techniques and various historical keyboard instruments.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the history of the piano.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the piano/keyboard repertoire from the Baroque period to the present day.
3. Discuss and apply historical performance practices to a variety of repertoire.
4. Identify key works of secondary literature in relation to the repertoire, and history of, the piano.
5. Identify the playing styles of key pianists and schools of playing.

Unit Content

1. An introduction to organ harpsichord and fortepiano.
2. Evaluating recordings of pianists, from the late Nineteenth Century to the present day.
3. Overviews of the four main schools of piano literature: Baroque; Classical; Romantic; Modern.
4. Practical application of historical playing techniques.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

• Apel, W. (1963). Keyboard music of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. NP: American Institute of Musicology.
• (1972). The history of keyboard music to 1700. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Ballantine, B. (1971). The piano: An introduction to the instrument. A keynote book. NY: F. Watts.
• Blocksma, M., & Richter, M. (1984). The marvelous music machine: A story of the piano. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
• Closson, E. (1974). History of the piano. NY: St Martin's Press.
• Searles, B. (1987). History of the piano: Its music and its composers. (2nd ed.). Arrizona; Central District Arizona State Music Teachers' Association.
• Hildebrandt, D. (1988). Pianoforte: A social history of the piano. NY: G. Braziller.
• Isacoff, S. (2011). A natural history of the piano: The instrument, the music, the musicians - from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between. (1st ed.). NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
• Parakilas, J. (2002). Piano roles: A new history of the piano. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
• Rowland, D. (1998). The Cambridge companion to the piano. Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Closson, E., & Golding, R. (1974). History of the piano. (2nd ed.). London, UK: Elek.

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