音樂研究導論(創作組)

Our main tasks are professional and academic writings; the skills involved are bibliographical, evaluative, and communicative. The aim is to train ourselves to be an up-to-date musician-scholar-intellectual, able to make music and make sense of music creatively and critically. Our course is designed as a cycle of four stages: 1. RESEARCH MATTERS: We'll start our intellectual journey by "musing" on who we are, what we do, and why we need to do scholarly research. Then we'll learn the craft of thesis-writing thru criticism and methodological reflections. 2. SUBJECT MATTERS: The first subject of research for musician is our CVs and performance portfolio (posters, bios, program lists and notes). Since this course is designed especially for composition majors, we'll then concentrate on the issue of writing about one's own work thru evaluating and emulating selected examples. 3. STYLE MATTERS: We'll learn to meet our "audience" by written and oral presentations, considering the aspects of form and style. 4. REVIEW MATTERS: Finally, we'll come to present our term project and review what we've accomplished or could be improved. Then we'll preview the perspective of a musician-scholar-intellectual. The journey has just begun ... On the whole, we'll be doing a lot of thinking, reading, talking and writing, in and out of the classroom. Our TA will arrange with you to hold a weekly group tutorial hour. In addition, please don't hesitate to make an appointment with me at my office hour. Concrete "products" at the end of the semester will be a mini-conference and an anthology of selected written work.

[Under construction] A core course for first year composition majors of our institute. As musicians, you are expected to demonstrate passion, participation, and punctuality. Class will be conducted in Chinese, but teaching materials will be mostly in English.

Weekly Schedule: Class on Tuesday morning from 9-12 (please take note of the schedule) Tutorial during the week (TBC with the TA) Post-class assignment due on Friday noon. Pre-class assignment due on Monday noon.

Grading: Standard Test (20%): repertoire and bibliography style. A pass in the test is required to pass the course!! Presentations (20%): Structured Abstract (oral 8 min. with ~10 slides, written ~1,00 words) Portfolio-Professional (30%): Concert poster, CV (one page), artist bio (150 words), program notes (2 works, each 300 words) Portfolio-Academic (30%): annotated bibliography (8 items, each 80 words), book review comparison (500 words) An average of 8 hours of homework per week are to be expected! Assignments turned in late will receive a lower grade. Plagiarism is worst than a bad paper and will get a zero mark without exception.

• Research Matters
• Subject Matters
• Style Matters
• Review Matters

Detail bibliography will be available in class and on the NewE3, but here's a list of the basic literature: Bellman, Jonathan. _A Short Guide to Writing about Music_. 2nd ed. New York: Pearson, 2007. (ML3797 B 4 2007) Block, Geoffrey Holden. _Ives, Concord Sonata_. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. (ML410.I94 B 56 1996 + E-book) "Cambridge Companions to Music," in _Cambridge Companions Online _(via NCTU). Cooper, David. _Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra_. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. (ML410.B26 C 66 1996 + E-book) Cowdery, James R. ed. _How to Write About Music: The RILM Manual of Style_. 2nd ed. New York: Repertoire Internationale de Litterature Musicale, 2006. (ML3797 H 68 2006) Eco, Umberto. _How to Write a Thesis_. Translated by Caterina Mongiat Farina and Geoff Farina. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2015. (LB2369 E 2813 2015) "Grove Music Online," in _Oxford Music Online_ (via NCTU). Harper-Scott, J.P.E., and Jim Samson, eds. _An Introduction to Music Studies_. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. (MT1 I 77 2009) Pople, Anthony. _Berg, Violin Concerto_. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. (ML410.B47 P 6 1991 + E-book) ——. _Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps_. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. (ML410.M595 P 58 1998 + E-book) Turabian, Kate L., Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. _A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers_. 9th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. Walsh, Stephen. _Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex_. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. (ML410.S00 C 00 1993 + E-book)

地點

Tutorial: TBA Office Hour: HC505

時間

Tutorial: TBA Office Hour: Tue 12-13 (early appointment please)

聯絡方式

kam@nctu.edu.tw / ext. 58308