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A chronological and themed history of Western Art Music from late antiquity to the early 20th century.
This course explores music in its historical and cultural setting, by investigating the musical life of four cities at various points in history. Specifically, it focuses on Avignon in the 14th century, Rome in the 15th century, Paris and Versailles in the era of Louis XIV, and Vienna from 1770 to 1830, and again in c.1920. Topics covered in this course* Avignon 1309–1409* Rome 1420–1600* Versailles and Paris 1660–1715* Vienna 1770–1830 and 1910–1930
Students who pass this course will:* Be able to describe specific developments in Western Art Music, and contextualise them in wider European history and culture.* Be able to critically evaluate primary source documents relevant to musicological research.* Be able to demonstrate basic skills in scholarly editing.* Possess sophisticated skills using library and information resources related to musicology, including library databases, bibliographic tools, scholarly editions, and electronic resources.* Be able to demonstrate high-level oral and written communication skills, including language appropriate for digital publishing and scholarly communication.
MUSA131 or 45 points from the BA Schedule, and some ability to read music notation.
MUSA331
Francis Yapp
All assessments are due at 4 pm on the specified date. Students must submit a hard copy, including an official School of Music assignment cover page, to the assignment drop-box in the School of Music foyer. Assignment pages can be found in the School of Music foyer, and can also be downloaded from LEARN.BLOGYou are expected to maintain a blog that reflects criticism of the assigned readings and listening excerpts. You are encouraged to express yourself through the blog and to create a positive web presence. You may use either a public blogging site such as Wordpress or Blogger, or use the blogging tool in LEARN. In either case, your blog should be accessible to other students in the course. You should include images and audio and video examples in your blog, and link to relevant content on the web as appropriate. Due dates for blog posts: Monday of week 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11 at midnight.ESSAY An essay of 2000 words on a prescribed topic.PROGRAMME CURATION AND PROGRAMME NOTESDesign a concert or recital programme based around works related to topic 3 (Versailles and Paris), and write detailed notes for the programme.LISTENING TESTThe listening test will take place in the usual lecture time (11 am). You will be given a list of 15 extracts from works covered in the course. Ten of the extracts will be played in the test. You will need to identify each extract and answer a series of short-answer questions related to it.
Burkholder, J. Peter , Grout, Donald Jay, Palisca, Claude V; A history of western music ; Ninth edition;
Use of TechnologyThis course assumes that you have sufficient information and technology skills to use a computer confidently to access material for your course. Your written work should be submitted typed, using standard word-processor software. The School of Music has computers you are able to use. You will be required to access our learning management system - LEARN - and to become familiar with its tools. LEARN provides easily-accessible information about the course and assessments, topics and deadlines, and supports the learning you will gain from attending all lectures and tutorials. For help using LEARN, refer to: http//learn.canterbury.ac.nz/course/view.php?id=2157
The following shows how to translate grades to numerical scores:A+ 90–100; A 85–89; A- 80–84; B+ 75–79; B 70–74; B- 65–69; C+ 60–64; C 55–59; C- 50–54; D 40–49; E 0–39In a course at 100- or 200-level examiners may grant restricted credit (R) which will be equivalent to a pass for all purposes except as a prerequisite.
Domestic fee $801.00
International fee $3,450.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Humanities .