Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Other Resources 0, Website, 0, Grove Music Online, `, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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