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MU3003: NEW DIRECTIONS (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:35


Course Overview

This course combines the study of two highly innovative periods of music history, the early Baroque (c 1600) and the early twentieth century. Students study the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque through the shift from the prima prattica to the seconda prattica, developments in instrumental music and the rise of opera. In the twentieth century we look to the emergence of musical modernism through the music of Debussy, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Stravinsky, Bartok and Varèse, focusing in class seminars on set works such as Debussy's Prelude de l'après-midi d'un faun and Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Edward Campbell

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Music (MU) (Studied)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Programme Level 3

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course combines the study of two highly innovative periods of music history, the early Baroque and the early twentieth century. Should these two periods of music (c1600 and c1900) be identified as revolutionary turning points, or be viewed in terms of a more gradual evolution of musical style? Knowledge gained in lectures and through reading will be used to debate whether there are any similarities between the two periods.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: Essay of 3,000 words (100%).

Resit: Essay of 3,000 words (100%).

Formative Assessment

In-course presentation on at least one set work, working in groups.

Feedback

Oral feedback will be provided on the formative oral presentation. Feedback on the essay will be provided by annotating the script and by means of an assessment feedback form appropriate for the assignment.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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