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On completion of this module students should be able to:
- name and describe important composers, genres and styles of the period in question.
- recognise, analyse and compare selected compositions in terms of their style and origin.
- evaluate the relationship between music and its cultural and historical context.
- discuss and explain key aspects of each topic in the light of contemporary musicological scholarship.
- conduct research using a variety of reliable sources and write a coherent essay reflecting current scholarship.
Thinking about Early Music - challenges, questions, scholarship
The development of notation and relationships between oral and written transmission of music
Renaissance polyphony - techniques and context
The invention of a genre - Opera in seventeenth-century Italy and France
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities | 36 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 42 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Assessment 3 focusing on the lectures of weeks 9-12 | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Assessment 2 focusing on the lectures of weeks 5-7 | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Essay: Research essay of 3,000 words. Initial outline of topic to be prepared during week 8 and submitted in week 9. Final essay due at end of trimester (week 14). | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 35 |
Continuous Assessment: Preparation and participation in discussions at lectures | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Assessment 1 focusing on the lectures of weeks 1-4 | Week 4 | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.