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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Scottish Ethnology

Postgraduate Course: Traditional Music - The Historical Dimension (SCET11016)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaScottish Ethnology Other subject areaNone
Course website http://www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/ Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course falls into two sections. The first focuses on Scotland's "national" instruments and their place in Scotland's musical life up to the turn of the twentieth century, and the second on major composers and collections of traditional music, highlighting selected pieces of repertoire. The place of traditional music in society is emphasised. Students will be assigned one piece of key reading each week, and a study visit will take place as part of the course. Students will be introduced to the discipline of ethnomusicology as a means of studying traditional music. European parallels will be drawn as appropriate.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will have:
- gained increased knowledge of some of the major instruments used for traditional music in Scotland in a historical context and of their place in society
- explored some of the major collectors and composers of Scottish traditional music up to the turn of the twentieth century
- gained a broad overview of the discipline of ethnomusicology
- engaged with a range of key texts which deal with the subject of traditional music
- obtained a greater awareness of some of the issues connected to traditional music in a historical context, e.g. orality and literacy, transmission, patronage
- gained confidence in presenting the results of personal study and research in oral and written form.
Assessment Information
One essay of approximately 4,000 words to be submitted as set out in the programme handbook
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Katherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 3057
Email: K.M.Campbell@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Christine Lennie
Tel: (0131 6)50 4167
Email: christine.lennie@ed.ac.uk
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