Special History in Music: Scottish Art Music from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (VS1) (U03366)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : ACE-3-Scottish1

This course will deal with the period from the late 15th to the late 18th centuries, covering the two main periods in which Scottish art music flourished: the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. The music will be studied in its historical and social contexts. Students will be introduced to historical documents, prints and manuscripts and will be made familiar with the surviving musical repertory by both Scottish-born and adopted composers.

Edinburgh is naturally very rich in primary materials for this course and it is intended that students will be able to make some use of music manuscripts, archival documents, newspapers etc. held in the University Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Archives of Scotland as well as Edinburgh Central Library.

? Keywords : music special history scottish enlightenment renaissance

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U03355

? Pre-requisites : Standard equivalent to two years of music history and sufficient musical literacy to tackle musical analysis.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Music, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	16:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students on this course will have:

Learned about the historical, social and cultural background of Music in Scotland between c. 1500 and c. 1800.

Got to know a representative sample of music by Scottish composers over this period, as well as music by other European composers which was performed in Scotland.

Learned to interpret documentary evidence relevant to music in Scotland over this period and gained experience in searching for and handling such materials.