Module: History of Western Music

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	History of Western Music
Module Code	MC123 (ITS) / MPA1020 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Theology, Philosophy & Music
Module Co-ordinator	Jenna Harris
Module Teachers	Linda Adams
NFQ level	6	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

A module that explores the history of western music from middle ages to the present, within its social and historical context, supported by listening and musical analysis. Developments in western art music from the Middle-ages to the present will be discussed and areas explored will include questions on early church music, Renaissance music, the Baroque period, the classical style, the Romantic period, and 20th Century music. The emergence of the Classical Style, its forms and major composers, the Romantic period, its place in European art of the 19th Century, 20th Century music, its major composers and the music within the context of 20th century history will all be discussed

Learning Outcomes

1. Be familiar with how the stylistic diversity of 21st-century music has evolved from past practices
2. Develop a factual and conceptual awareness of the development of Western art music between 800 CE and the present
3. Relate trends in compositional style to major historical movements and technological innovations
4. Analyse individual works of Western art music in their appropriate social, historical, and aesthetic context
5. Have the knowledge to write an analytical essay focusing on a major work of music, or a major trend in Western compositional, performance, or aesthetic practice

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	Weekly 2 hour lecture
Independent Study	66	Written assignments and listening
Assignment Completion	35	Analytical Essay
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

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Six sheets of one-page short answers assignment	20%	As required
In Class Test	In-class examination, where the learners are required to listen to music examples and recognize styles and periods	20%	Week 22
In Class Test	In-class examination, where the learners are required to listen to music examples and recognize styles and periods	20%	Week 26
Essay	Write an analytical essay focusing on a major work of music, or a major trend in Western compositional, performance, or aesthetic practice.	40%	Sem 2 End

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

Grout/Palisca: 2014, A History of Western Music, 9, Norton,
Taruksin/Gibbs: 2012, Oxford History of Western Music: College Edition, Oxford,
Fuller, Sophie: 1995, The Pandora Guide to Women Composers: Britain and the United States 1629-Present, Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List,
Seddon, Laura: 2016, British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century, 1, Routledge,

Other Resources

0, Website, 0, Grove Music Online, `, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public,