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MU3523: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC (2015-2016)

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Course Overview

This course will help students develop a critical awareness of the history and practice of experimental music in the 1950s to 1980s, particularly focusing on the experimental music in North America and Continental Europe.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Suk-jun Kim

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

​The course will survey the development of experimental music since the early 1950s in North American and Continental Europe, focusing on the history, key composers and compositions, and techniques. Along the way, the course will always make links between experimental music as a historical concept and that as a contemporary theme.

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

  • Portfolio of in-class assignments (50%)
  • Final composition (50%)
Resit
  • Portfolio
    • 2000-word essay on topic agreed between student and Programme Coordinator
  • Composition
    • Resubmission of final composition

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Oral feedback will be provided on contribution to seminars and presentations.

Written feedback will be given on the concert review and the final composition.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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