MUS10230 Classical Music: The Farewell Tour

Academic Year 2024/2025

An exploration of the genres and expressive resources of European art music in the period 1700-2000. The following topics will be addressed:
(a) Western Art Music: An Introduction to its Genres and Functions
(b) Meet the Orchestra!
(c) Architects of the European Musical Imagination (1)
(d) Architects of the European Musical Imagination (2)
(e) Genres of the European Musical Imagination (1)
(f) Genres of the European Musical Imagination (2)
(g) Opera Nights (1)
(h) Opera Nights (2)
(i) Western Art Music and Museum Culture

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

The student will have acquired (a) a strong sense of the generic and expressive structures developed in European art music in the period 1700-2000 and (b) an informed awareness of the relationship between music, politics and cultural history in this period.

Indicative Module Content:

(a) Western Art Music: An Introduction to its Genres and Functions
(b) Meet the Orchestra!
(c) Architects of the European Musical Imagination (1)
(d) Architects of the European Musical Imagination (2)
(e) Genres of the European Musical Imagination (1)
(f) Genres of the European Musical Imagination (2)
(g) Opera Nights (1)
(h) Opera Nights (2)
(i) Western Art Music and Museum Culture

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

22

Tutorial

9

Total

31

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, informed Q&A and tutorial support 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Mid-term listening test (worth 30%) to be followed by final assignment in week 15 Week 7 Graded No

30

Yes
Assignment(Including Essay): Final assignment - 3,000 word essay to be submitted in week 15 Week 15 Graded No

70

Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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