MUSC10511
Approaches to Musicology
20
Semester 1
Undergraduate
Level 1
Roderick Hawkins
Unit coordinator
Music
1
FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' First part HE study/Bachelors '
European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0
<p>Approaches to Musicology is intended to give students an introduction to the many different ways in which music and its artistic, cultural and social contexts can be analysed and understood, and to provide a solid foundation for students’ own application of these methods and approaches to their study of music. The first block of lectures examines musicological and ethnomusicological approaches to the study of music, as well as the various study skills required at University. Two further blocks of lectures run concurrently apply those approaches and study skills to two discrete aspects of music history. The precise content of the latter two blocks changes from year to year, but previous topics have included the impact of music printing on music and society in the 16th century, Puccini’s La bohème, jazz and recording, minimalism before 1980, jazz and recording, the post-war avant-garde, and divas from Blues queens to Beyoncé.</p>
<p>Approaches to Musicology is intended to give students an introduction to the many different ways in which music and its artistic, cultural and social contexts can be analysed and understood, and to provide a solid foundation for students’ own application of these methods and approaches to their study of music. The first block of lectures examines musicological and ethnomusicological approaches to the study of music, as well as the various study skills required at University. Two further blocks of lectures run concurrently apply those approaches and study skills to two discrete aspects of music history. The precise content of the latter two blocks changes from year to year, but previous topics have included the impact of music printing on music and society in the 16th century, Puccini’s La bohème, jazz and recording, minimalism before 1980, jazz and recording, the post-war avant-garde, and divas from Blues queens to Beyoncé.</p>
<ul> <li>To promote active and critical engagement with different musics and cultures;</li> <li>To introduce a range of skills relating to researching, thinking and writing about music and its artistic, cultural and social contexts;</li> <li>To provide a foundation for further study in the fields of musicology and/or ethnomusicology.</li></ul>
<p>By the end of this course students will be able to:</p><ul> <li>Demonstrate an understanding of a range of different ways of approaching musicological study, and of the inherent problems in constructing a historical narrative;</li> <li>Discuss a range of musics and cultures and the critical issues relevant to them.</li> <li>Define and apply the appropriate skills required for University-level study, including research gathering, note-taking, critical reading and writing.</li></ul>
<p>By the end of this course students will be able to:</p><ul> <li>Show a developing ability to engage critically with methodological problems in musicology;</li> <li>Demonstrate an ability to evaluate historical methods as used in musicological discourse;</li> <li>Analyse and evaluate written arguments in music scholarship.</li></ul>
<p>By the end of this course students will be able to: </p><ul> <li>Show that they can access scholarly writings and resources in a range of media, including electronic resources.</li> <li>Draw together ideas from a range of sources, with developing skills in the organization, interpretation and synthesis of information.</li> <li>Develop and sustain a coherent argument in both written and verbal forms.</li></ul>
<p>By the end of this course students will be able to:</p><ul> <li>Show a burgeoning ability to produce good-quality work independently with developing critical self-awareness;</li> <li>Demonstrate a growing ability to communicate ideas and information clearly in written and verbal form.</li> <li>Demonstrate increasing levels of intellectual curiosity and the potential to approach tasks in a systematic and creative way.</li></ul>
Analytical skills
Analytical skills (analysing texts, musical scores and other materials)
Group/team working
Working in a team (seminar and workshop discussions; developing group presentations)
Oral communication
Communication skills (oral and written)
Problem solving
Creative problem-solving (fulfilling a set task with the resources available)
Research
Digital skills (information searches in databases, catalogues and other online environments)
Written communication
Communication skills (oral and written)
Other
Time management skills (submitting material to fixed deadlines)
0
Other
100%
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<p>Available as a free choice, <span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">but note prerequisite of A Level Music or</span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Grade VIII Theory</span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> or equivalent.</span></p>
BA(Hons) Music & Drama
BA(Hons) Music & Drama
First Year
Mandatory
MusB(Hons)
MusB (Hons) Music
First Year
Mandatory
MusB(Hons) (joint with RNCM)
MusB(Hons) (joint with RNCM)
First Year
Mandatory
BA Film and Music
BA Film and Music
First Year
Mandatory
Y
<p>Each block of the course unit has its own reading and listening lists. The following titles provide overall support for all three blocks: </p><ul> <li>Beard, David and Kenneth Gloag, Musicology: The Key Concepts, 2nd edition (London: Routledge, 2016. </li> <li>Citron, Marcia, Gender and the Musical Canon (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. </li> <li>Clayton, Martin, Trevor Herbert and Richard Middleton (eds.), The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction, second edition (London: Routledge, 2012).</li> <li>Harper-Scott, J.P.E. and Jim Samson (eds.), An Introduction to Music Studies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009). </li> <li>Herbert, Trevor, Music in Words: A Guide to Researching and Writing about Music (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). </li> <li>Kerman, Joseph, Musicology (London: Fontana, 1985).</li> <li>Rice, Timothy. Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).</li> <li>Treitler, Leo, ‘The Historiography of Music: Issues of Past and Present’, in Nicolas Cook and Mark Everist (eds.), Rethinking Music (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 356–377.</li></ul>
Lectures
20
Practical classes & workshops
3
Tutorials
6
0
171