Renaissance Polyphony 1

15 credits

Course, Bachelor's level, 5MU041

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Location
Flexible
Pace of study
50%
Teaching form
Distance learning
Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
0
Number of optional on-campus meetings
0
Instructional time
Daytime
Study period
1 September 2025–18 January 2026
Language of instruction
Swedish
Entry requirements

Music Theory 1, 15 credits, or the equivalent

Selection

Final school grades (60%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (40%)

Fees
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
  • First tuition fee instalment: SEK 22,500
  • Total tuition fee: SEK 22,500

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Application deadline
15 April 2025
Application code
UU-52926

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Registration period
11 August 2025–31 August 2025
Information on registration from the department

Expand the information below to show details on how to apply and entry requirements.

Location
Flexible
Pace of study
50%
Teaching form
Distance learning
Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
0
Number of optional on-campus meetings
0
Instructional time
Daytime
Study period
19 January 2026–7 June 2026
Language of instruction
Swedish
Entry requirements

Music Theory 1, 15 credits, or the equivalent

Selection

Final school grades (60%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (40%)

Fees
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
  • First tuition fee instalment: SEK 22,500
  • Total tuition fee: SEK 22,500

Read more about fees.

Application deadline
15 October 2025
Application code
UU-02926

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Registration period
18 December 2025–18 January 2026
Information on registration from the department

About the course

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.

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