Renaissance Polyphony 1

Education facts

Code: 5MU041

16th\-century compositional practice came to be seen as a standard model for polyphony for several later centuries and has long been an important element in music theory for all later modal and tonal music. This course focuses on analysis of two-part polyphony as well as exercises in writing melodic material and different types of two-part contrapuntal writing in 16th\-century style.

Entry requirements

Music Theory 1, 15 credits, or the equivalent

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Renaissance Polyphony 1

  Uppsala University

  Flexible

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %