LmusTCL – Licentiate in Music Theory Trinity College London
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Prerequisites: Grade 8 Music Theory or AmusTCL
Syllabus
Section A – Musical Skills
Candidates must answer Question 1 and Question 2
Question 1:
- String Quartet (c. 20 bars continuing from a given opening in a Classical or early Romantic style)
Question 2: Choose from:
- Analysis (five unseen extracts)
- Theme and Variations (writing for piano, harmonise a given theme and then write two variations)
- Orchestration (orchestrate a given piano extract for full orchestra, c. 20 bars)
Section B – Prescribed Works
Candidates select one genre from the list. Essay questions on analysis, historical and contextual topics, including on related works/composers.
2023-2024 Topics
- Opera (set work: Purcell, Dido and Aeneas)
- Keyboard music (set work: Liszt, Piano Sonata in B minor)
2025-2026 Topics
- Lieder (set work: Strauss, Four Last Songs)
- Chamber music (set work: Schubert, Piano Quintet in A major “The Trout”)
Suggested Reading/Viewing List
Music Study & Research
Herbert, T. Music in Words – A Guide to Researching and Writing about Music
New Grove Dictionary of Music – Online Access (If you are a member of your local library you may already have access to this database – check with your librarian)
Wingell, R.J.: Writing about Music
Elaine Gould: Behind Bars (essential bible of music notation!)
Music History
Rosen, C.: The Classical Style – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Russano Hanning, B.: Norton Concise History of Western Music
Early Musical Instruments: BBC Archive video of 1970s reconstructed Renaissance instruments.
String Quartets
Beethoven, L.: Complete String Quartets
The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
Haydn, J.: String Quartets Op. 42, 50 and 54
Mozart, W. A.: Complete String Quartets
Parker, M.: The String Quartet 1750-1797 – Four Types of Musical Conversation
Sutcliffe, W. Dean: Haydn String Quartets, Op.50
Stanford University: Defining the String Quartet Haydn (Free Video Course)
Curtis Institute of Music: The World of the String Quartet (Free Video Course)
Keyboard Music Genre & Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations (2017-2018 Syllabus)
Arnold, D. (ed.): The Beethoven Companion
Brendel, A.: Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts
Musical Analysis and Harmony
Cook, N.: A Guide to Musical Analysis
Pratt, G.: The Dynamics of Harmony – Principles and Practice
Schoenberg, A.: Structural Functions of Harmony
Tovey, D.F.: Essays in Musical Analysis (Series)