MUS20390 Bach & the Art of Counterpoint

Academic Year 2024/2025

*** Not available in the academic year indicated above ***

An examination of Bach's vocal and instrumental counterpoint and its expressive techniques.

Show/hide contentOpenClose All

Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

An understanding of baroque counterpoint as a fundamental means of compositional texture and technique through the agency of Bach's organ fugues, cantatas and chorale preludes.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Small Group

28
Autonomous Student Learning

48
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures.
Task-based learning.
. A weekly online course pack of reading materials and assignments will be posted in Brightspace on a weekly basis. Students will be asked to familiarize themselves with these materials in advance of each class (in the current trimester, we will meet online - through the Brightspace Virtual Classroom- on Wednesdays, 3pm - 4.30 pm). 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

Students should have achieved a 3.6 GPA (B+ or above) in Music Theory 1 or Music Theory and Musicianship 1 in order to be eligible for this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
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?

Not yet recorded.