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Music of the Baroque - MUSC2101
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: MUSC1302 or MUSC1312 or MUSC2111
 
 
Excluded: MUSI1142
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

A detailed study of 17th and 18th century baroque music. Includes an historical introduction to the issues of performance practice.


Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students would have gained:
  • A familiarity with repertoire, its compositional characteristics and performance requirements
  • An enhanced ability of discussing music purposefully using appropriate terminology
  • An increase in their capacity to perform baroque pieces in a historically informed manner
  • An awareness of problems in defining and evaluating historical periods and their artistic manifestations
  • A good working knowledge of relevant primary and secondary sources and how to locate and evaluate them.

Assessment

  • Contribution and attendance - 40%
  • Essay - 40%
  • Group work - 20%

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