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MUS31280

Academic Year 2024/2025

The Symphony in Europe (MUS31280)

Subject:
Music
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Music
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Harry White
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This course is intended to explore the symphony as a self-standing genre and also as an expression of music in European history and culture. Beginning with the late symphonies of Joseph Haydn, the course will also examine works by Beethoven, Brahms, Stanford, Sibelius and Shostakovich. Students will be required to consult *The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony* (edited by Julian Horton) as a core text.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1. An understanding of musical genre as an expression of cultural history
2. An analytic comprehension of the structure and narrative prowess of the symphony in European culture
3. A familiarity with central works in the symphonic canon.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

12
Autonomous Student Learning

164
Total

200

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures.
Reflective learning.
Critical writing.

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
Individual Project: A mid-term presentation (40%), due in Week 7 Week 7 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): A final essay (60%), dues in Week 15. Week 15 Graded No
60
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn 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.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Thurs 13:00 - 14:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 14:00 - 14:50
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