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History of Performance Conventions - MUSC3312
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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: MUSC2302 or MUSC2312 or MUSI2242
 
 
Excluded: MUSI2111, MUSI2112
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Issues of performance practice and the ways in which research contributes to the making of an informed performance will be examined through a wide range of documents, historical evidence and recent scholarship.


Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to enable students to:
  • Understand the way notational conventions have changed throughout history
  • Understand the strong links between performance and music scholarship
  • Critically examine interpretations of the meaning of notational signs in different periods
  • Appreciate and discuss changing views of the performance of music
  • Perform music taking account of historical and contextual information, including documentary evidence and sound recordings.

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