Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MUS 422 — Fugue:

MUS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• compose well defined exposition for 3-voice and 4-voice fugues
• identify the compositional devices that are employed in the middle section of a fugue; and
• bring back home all the devices employed in the middle section and return home in the recapitulation with either a coda or codetta

Course contents

Application of the techniques of tonal counterpoint to fugal composition for students that choose Music Composition as their area of specialisation. Composition of 3-voice and 4-voice fugues. Compositional devices employed in the Middle Section of a fugue. Techniques employed in bringing back in the Recapitulation.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MUS 422.

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