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UNE unit code: MUSI236

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Intensive schools
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Supervised exam
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  • 6

Unit information

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This unit introduces you to European musical traditions and movements of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early Baroque periods.

A range of musical genres and styles will be explored through active listening and score analysis, while European culture and society will be studied through scholarly literary sources. There are particular focuses on the development of musical theory, notation, composition, performance practice, the printing press and instruments in this period.

You will gain knowledge of early music notations from this period through engagement with primary sources. As well as providing a general overview, studies in this unit concentrate on recent trends in the research and performance of the music from this period.

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Teaching period
Mode/location
Trimester 1Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

There are no intensive schools required for this unit.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites
MUSI130 or MUSI131 or candidature in MA (Music - Rule (b))
Restrictions
MUSI332 or MUSI341 or MUSI342 or MUCO242 or MUCO342

Notes

Students must have access to desktop music notation typesetting software, e.g., Finale, MuseScore, Sibelius. UNE provides access to Sibelius.

Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.

Unit coordinator(s)

Jason Stoessel

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. identify and interpret the main musical conventions and styles in music from the middle ages and early modern period;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of the cultural, technological and aesthetic contexts of music from the middle ages and early modern period;
  3. discuss and evaluate developments in printing, instrument making and vocal pedagogy in Western musical cultures;
  4. develop information literacy and investigative skills relevant to the practice of musicology; and
  5. transcribe, interpret and analyse basic primary and secondary musical sources.

Assessment information

Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

TitleMust CompleteWeightOfferingsAssessment Notes
EssayYes40%All offerings

Essay

No. Words: 2000

Listening AssessmentYes20%All offerings

Listening Test

No. Words: 1000 (equivalent)

Notation AssessmentNo20%All offerings

A transcription exercise and analysis

No. Words: 1000 (equivalent)

Notation AssessmentYes20%All offerings

Transcription exercise and critical notes

No. Words: 1000 (equivalent)

Learning resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

A History of Western Music International Student Edition

ISBN: 9780393668155

Burkholder, J.P., Grout, D.J. and Palisca, C.V., W.W. Norton & Company 10th ed. 2019

Note: Also available for purchase as an eBook History of Music, 10th International Student Edition (ISBN: 9780393668193)

Text refers to: All offerings

The Norton Anthology of Western Music, Vol. 1

ISBN: 9780393656411

Burkholder, J.P. and Palisca, C.V., W.W. Norton & Company 8th ed. 2019

Note: Print edition only.

Text refers to: All offerings

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