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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.Students will be introduced to a variety of approaches to the study of musicology, including perspectives from cultural and social history, scholarly editing and use of primary sources, and musical analysis.Topics covered in the course are:* 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.
One of MUSA231-234
MUSA231
WORKLOADStudent workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:* 22 hours attending lectures* 11 hours attending tutorials* 40 hours completing assigned readings and listening excerpts* 30 hours preparing and writing blog posts* 30 hours researching and preparing essay or creative project* 17 hours preparing for listening test
Francis Yapp
All assessments are due at 4.00 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 cover 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.Creative project Propose a creative project (such as a lecture recital with extensive and focused programme notes, lesson plan, website or other multi-media project) that relates to topics covered in the course. Your project must involve research and writing, and it may employ a variety of methodologies. All creative projects must be agreed with the course co-ordinator by the start of Term 2.Seminar presentationA Seminar presentation of 15 minutes on a topic arranged with the course coordinator. Seminars will be presented on a date to be arranged during term 2. A written paper covering the content of the seminar must be submitted at the time of presentation.
Use of TechnologyThis course assumes that you have sufficient information and technology skills to confidently use a computer to access material for your course. Your written work will be handwritten and submitted in class time.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.
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