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On completion of this module students should be able to:
- identify musical examples from across a variety of Irish musical genres.
- describe music in clear language.
- critically evaluate musical works and performances.
- evaluate relationships between music and Irish culture.
- engage critically with narratives of Irish musical history.
Week 1: Thinking about Music in Ireland
Week 2: Pipes and Fiddle Music in Ireland
Week 3: Music Ensembles from the Folk Music Revival to today
Week 4: Collectors of Irish traditional music
Week 5: Sean-nós’ song
Week 6: Classical Music in a very small country
Week 7: The Early Irish Harp
Week 8: Music in Sixteenth-Century Ireland
Week 9: The Showband Era
Week 10: ‘Country and Irish’: Country Music in Ireland
Week 11: Rock, Pop and Irish Identity and ‘Song Long Forgotten’: Changing Voices in Popular Traditional Singing
Week 12: Contemporary Voices
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 52 |
Lectures | 24 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Journal: Journal-style account of three lectures over the course of the term that were of particular interest to you. Trad. Classical and Popular must be represented. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Assignment: Assignment 1. Short essay. 1,000 words. | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Assignment: Assignment 2. Short essay. 1,000 words. | Week 11 | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ exam covering all the material of the module. | End of trimester MCQ | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
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.
Name | Role |
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Ms Siobhan Armstrong | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Eamonn Galldubh | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr John Millar | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Thurs 16:00 - 16:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Thurs 17:00 - 17:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 16:00 - 16:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 17:00 - 17:50 |