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Provides a chronological overview of music history from at least the Renaissance to the present day, emphasising key genres, styles and composers. This course will develop the ability to recognise and contextualise a wide variety of works aurally and from score.
This course provides a chronological overview of music history from at least the Middle Ages to the present day, emphasising key genres, styles and composers. We look at a wide variety of musical works in historical context and in roughly chronological order, with occasional focus on some key composers associated with them. At the end of each semester there is a test in which students need to be able to identify recorded musical extracts and answer questions relating to them.Scores and basic theoretical concepts will be used in lectures, and some knowledge of music theory/notation will be a definite advantage both in following the course and in undertaking the assessed work. It is however possible to complete all assessed work without previous knowledge of music theory and notation, and students without such knowledge are encouraged to contact the course coordinator prior to finalising enrolment for further advice.Note that in Week 1 there is a library-based tutorial at which the first assessment item will be handed out. It is vital that students attend the first lecture to be placed in a tutorial group.Topics covered include:Course introduction; the idea of musical style periods Library and research skillsOrigins of polyphonyEarly Mass, Motet and MadrigalSolo song and early operaThe baroque concerto and sonataFugueOpera and OratorioPre-classical and ClassicalSonata Forms and sonata principle (Sonata, symphony, quartet)Musical RomanticismSymphonic expansionThe tone poemThe LiedC19th opera and Music DramaMusical nationalism The concept of ModernismImpressionism, Symbolism, ExpressionismSerialismNeo-classicismDevelopments in contemporary music
MUSI102, MUSI103, MUSI123, MUSI206
Jonathan Le Cocq
.LIBRARY TESTStudents are required to attend a library training session at the start of the course which is focussed on research in music. In the course of this you will be given a test to complete independently to demonstrate familiarity with music resources in the library.IN-CLASS TESTSEach test involves aural recognition, description and explanation of a range of extracts. Examples will be drawn from works studied in the preceding semester. An indicative, non-assessed sample test will be given during semester 1. Examples will be drawn from the 6th edition of the Norton Anthology of Western Music (Vols. 1-3)WRITTEN WORKThere are two items of assessed written work. 1. An essay on a given question, and 2. a written programme note. The second item also requires that students show evidence of attending at least 15 performances containing musical works relevant to MUSI131 over the course of the year, of which at least 10 must be organized by the School of Music.
A list of works studied in this course, which includes those which might appear in the two tests, will be given out in lectures. All extracts will be drawn from the 6th edition of the Norton Anthology of Western Music (3 vols.), with accompanying CDs. Copies of this anthology/CDs are available for reference or short loan from the School of Music Resource Library, and the Central Library. Copies may also be ordered through the University bookshop. You are encouraged but not required to purchase a copy of this anthology, which will also be useful music history courses at 200 and 300 level.Students might need to purchase a short, inexpensive course handbook containing supplementary material.For additional background reading we recommend any edition of "A History of Western Music' by D.J. Grout and/or Claude Palisca.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This course covers a great deal of material in a short time. It is vital that students listen to and study the set works continuously during the course. Last-minute cramming is not an option. The course also involves studying scores. Familiarity with music notation is important.
All coursework must be submitted by the due date by being handed in at the School office, with the name of the marking tutor (Jonathan Le Cocq) and course details clearly indicated on a cover sheet. Assignments are dated by the School Administrator on submission. Assignments submitted up to one week late without prior approval will be graded, but will only be eligible for a maximum grade of C (bare pass). Assignments submitted more than one week late will not be marked.Requests for extensions must be made in advance to the marking tutor. Extensions will only be granted in serious circumstances such as illness or bereavement, and will in all cases require supporting documentation such as a medical note. Heavy workload and bunching of assignments will not be treated as adequate grounds for an extension.Always keep a spare copy of your assignment as you are expected to be able to resubmit any assignment that becomes lost.
All essay and assignment material must be firmly secured (stapled, or bound in a folder), and contain on the front page or cover the following information: Student name, Course number, Lecturer. Unless the class is instructed to the contrary, the assignment should be posted in the appropriate box at the School of Music counter by the due date.
Domestic fee $598.00
International fee $3,075.00
* 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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