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Bachelor of Music Musiktheorie at Hochschule für Musik Würzburg

Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, Germany

Programme overview

The Bachelor of Music in Music Theory combines the core subjects of harmony and counterpoint (Tonsatz), ear training and analysis with a high share of instrumental teaching, ensemble leadership, choir and improvisation.

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years, 240 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Würzburg, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Individual and small-group tuition in Tonsatz, ear training and analysis over eight semesters, plus a major instrument, figured-bass and score playing, voice, history of music theory, musicology and aesthetics, and methodology ending with practice teaching; students specialise in two of the three core subjects.

Career pathways

Prepares for teaching at music conservatoires.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is by aptitude test (Eignungsprüfung), held in mid/late May; applications are made via the Muvac platform by 15 March for a Wintersemester start. Programme-specific test requirements are set out in the Qualifikationssatzung (QualS). Non-native speakers of German need CEFR B2 (artistic Bachelor) or C1 (artistic-pedagogical Bachelor) German for enrolment.

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years, 240 ECTS)

Apply through the official page: https://www.hfm-wuerzburg.de/bewerbung

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