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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title Topics in Musicology 2
Module Code MC104 (ITS) / MPA1005 (Banner)
Faculty Humanities & Social Sciences School Theology, Philosophy & Music
Module Co-ordinatorPatricia Flynn
Module Teachers-
NFQ level 6 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
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Description

In this module, students continue to engage with the discipline of musicology, and study in detail the topics Baroque Music (2) and Irish Traditional Music (1). For Baroque Music (2) students continue with general studies of selected topics from the 17th and 18th centuries in additional to detailed analytical studies of prescribed works from the period; they also engage with relevant analytical, critical and historical information, and develop attendant skills and competencies enabling them to understand musicological concepts as they relate to the style and period. The Irish Traditional Music component examines repertoire, techniques and practices of instrumental dance music and of vocal music in English and Irish language traditions. Students are introduced to historical, analytical, stylistic, cultural and critical perspectives pertinent to Irish traditional music.

Learning Outcomes

1. Further understand the broad aims and methods of musicology
2. Further understand the musical characteristics, forms, styles and compositional techniques of the Baroque period in music history
3. Analyse and appraise representative works from the Baroque period
4. Undertake general studies of musical topics from the 17th and 18th centuries, such as suite, concerto, chamber music, opera and keyboard music
5. Know repertoires, performance techniques and practices of Irish traditional music in dance and song traditions
6. Analyse and appraise genres/practices of Irish traditional music in cultural and historical contexts
7. Consult song/tune collections and other archival materials relevant to Irish traditional music studies
8. Apply musicological information and analytical skills in researching and communicating informed assessments of music across a range of stylistic and socio-historical contexts



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24Lectures
Independent Study101Independent Learning
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Baroque Music (2)
The Court Music of 17th Century France; The Development of the Baroque Concerti; Score reading and musical analysis: thematic material, key relationships and instrumentation;

Irish Traditional Music (1)
Survey history of Irish traditional music Characteristics of Irish traditional dance music; Instruments: techniques, style and performance; Irish language song traditions; English language song traditions Song/tune collections and other archives of Irish traditional music

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment50% Examination Weight50%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Group project Group project40%n/a
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories:
Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module.
Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List

  • Anthony, James R: 1997, French Baroque Music, Amadeus, Portland, OR,
  • Breathnach, Breandán: 1971, Folk Music and Dances of Ireland, Mercier, Dublin,
  • Boyd, Malcolm: 1993, Bach, the Brandenburg Concertos, Cambridge University Press,
  • Davison, Archibald T: 1950, Historical Anthology of Music, Harvard, Cambridge, MA,
  • Donington, Robert: 1982, Baroque music: style and performance: a handbook, Faber, London,
  • Grout, Donald and Palisca, Claude V: 1996, A History of Western Music, Norton, New York,
  • Ó Cannáin, Tomás: 1978, Traditional Music in Ireland, Routledge, London,
  • Ó hAllmhuráin, Gearóid: 1998, A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music, The O’Brien Press, Dublin,
  • Palisca, Claude V: 1968, Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J,
  • Smith, Therese: 2012, Ancestral Imprints: Histories of Irish Traditional Music, Cork University Press,
  • Vallely, Fintan: 2011, The Companion to Irish Traditional Music, 2nd edition, Cork University Press,
  • Williams, Sean (2009): 2009, Focus: Irish Traditional Music, Routledge, London,
Other Resources

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