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Undergraduate Course: Music 2A: Music and Ideas from the Middle Ages to Viennese Classicism (MUSI08060)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course offers an overview of the history of western classical music from the Middle Ages to Viennese Classicism. The course is organized as a series of fortnightly blocks. During the first week of each block, students will be introduced to the music history of a period and to its wider cultural and philosophical contexts. The lectures and tutorials will explore major theoretical and aesthetic systems, and issues of transmission, representation, cultural norms, and performance practice. The second week of each block will focus on a representative set work from the period. Students will be introduced to analytical methods and will develop an awareness of the ways in which music reflects the time period in which it is created.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Equivalent of a Scottish Higher or GCSE A Level in Music at Grade A is a pre-requisite.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least two semesters of Music History and Music Theory. We will only consider University/College level courses.
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 163 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 10 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One two-hour written exam (50%),
One 2000-word essay (40%),
Tutorial presentation with submitted notes (10%).
Feedback All students will receive oral feedback on their progress in tutorials. All students will submit an assessment essay mid-way through the semester: you will be given written feedback on this within 15 working days of the hand-in date. This feedback will include comments on the essay itself and on an accompanying feedback sheet. Students will also be provided with the opportunity to view their examination scripts in a specially-arranged session.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Music 2A: Music and Ideas from the Middle Ages to Viennese Classicism2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Music 2A: Music and Ideas from the Middle Ages to Viennese Classicism2:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Describe the defining features of each of the main artistic periods covered by the course (Exam).
  2. Place a piece of music in the context of its historical period and identify representative stylistic characteristics (Exam).
  3. Discuss the aesthetic theories that are introduced in the course (Presentation).
  4. Analyse the history of music in terms of its wider cultural and philosophical currents (Essay).
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information 2 lectures and 1 tutorial, weeks 1-11
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Maiko Kawabata
Tel: (0131 6)50 2420
Email: M.Kawabata@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Noureen Ehsan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9179
Email: Noureen.Ehsan@ed.ac.uk
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