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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.
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Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
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