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MUS10230

Academic Year 2024/2025

Classical Music: The Farewell Tour (MUS10230)

Subject:
Music
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Music
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Harry White
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

An exploration of the genres and expressive resources of European art music in the period 1700-2000. No previous musical knowledge is required, only a curiosity about the great heritage of European art music.

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

About this Module

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

10
Specified Learning Activities

32
Autonomous Student Learning

36
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures and informed Q&A.

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. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Online feedback

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Tues 11:00 - 12:50
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