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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 Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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 You will work with source material including musical notation and scores. We will assume that you are familiar with this type of material. If you do not hold a high pass in a post-16 Music qualification (e.g. Scottish (Advanced) Higher, GCE A-Level, IB) you must consult the Course Organiser before enrolling.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least two semesters of Music courses. We will only consider University/College level courses.
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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 James Cook
Tel: (0131 6)50 2432
Email: James.Cook@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Laura Varga
Tel: (0131 6)50 2430
Email: laura.varga@ed.ac.uk
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