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Students will explore a range of elementary issues in musicology relating to some of the following: music history, theory and analysis, sociology of music, psychology of music, aesthetics, ethnomusicology, world music, early music, opera, concert music, jazz, popular music, music in film and television, musical performance, composition, music technology and the economics of the music business.
The course will consider a range of music taking into account the kinds of methodologies and discourses in which this music is discussed.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 2 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Old Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Course Aims
To explore a range of elementary issues in musicology.
To explore a number of branches of musicology/music studies
To embed the study of a range of music within the discourses in which this music is discussed.
To engender in students a critical approach to a range of music which can then be built upon in years 3 and 4.
Main Learning Outcomes
Students will have:
explored a range of elementary issues in musicology;
explored a number of branches of musicology/music studies including some of the following: music history, theory and analysis, sociology of music, psychology of music, aesthetics, world music, early music, opera, concert music, jazz, popular music, music in film and television, musical performance, composition, music technology and the economics of the music business;
studied a range of music taking into account the kinds of methodologies and discourses in which this music is discussed; and
developed a more critical approach to a range of music which can then be built upon in years 3 and 4.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt
One 2000 word essay from a list of topics related to the content of the lectures/seminars (60%).
Researching, preparation and delivery of 4 out of 5 short group presentations (10% each) (40%).
Resit
One 2000 word essay from a list of topics related to the content of the lectures/seminars (resit for the essay).
One 2000 word essay from a list of topics related to the content of the lectures/seminars (resit for the presentation).
All students will be expected to read key texts, listen to identified musical compositions and to have studied related musical scores.
All students will be expected to participate in discussion following from their reading and the class presentations.
Feedback to the student presentations will be given orally in class by the lecturer and on a feedback form.
Feedback to the essays will be written on scripts
A feedback form will be appended to each essay with explicit next steps for further development.
Additional feedback will be available on request.
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