Postgraduate - UnitAPG5838 - Medieval and renaissance music

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Not offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)	Dr Carol Williams

Notes

Previously coded MUM5040

Synopsis

A survey of European music from medieval times to c.1600. Themes include the impact of the theorist, text and music, sacred versus secular, theory and notation, and written versus oral traditions.

Outcomes

On successful completion of the unit, students should have acquired a general knowledge of the ordering of music developments within the period of investigation and an understanding of historical theories with which critically to evaluate them in a variety of types of historical writing.

Assessment

Written (9000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Carol Williams

Contact hours

2 hours (2 x 1 hour seminars) per week