Module: Music History & Culture A

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Music History & Culture A
Module Code	MC225 (ITS) / MPA1040 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Theology, Philosophy & Music
Module Co-ordinator	Seán Doherty
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

Students will assimilate important concepts, periods, and styles in Western Art Music from the medieval, Baroque and Classical eras through the study of selected works. Skills and understanding in historical musicology will be developed through active-listening tasks, score analysis, and contextual study. Key issues in contemporary scholarly discourse will be addressed, such as the under-representation of women in music history, historically informed performance, and colonialism and the canon.

Learning Outcomes

1. Distinguish between and analytically discuss music from various stylistic periods in Western Art Music (focusing on medieval, Baroque, and Classical), while appreciating the failings of this conventional periodisation.
2. Use appropriate primary and secondary sources to situate works within their historical context
3. Reflect on key issues in discourse of historical musicology, its performance and pedagogy
4. Demonstrate deep engagement with this repertoire via active-listening tasks, analysis, and performance
5. Understand the educational significance of music history and analysis consistent with the requirements of the post-primary music curriculum.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	Active listening, discussion, performance
Assignment Completion	50	Essay and Critical Listening Task
Independent Study	51	Reading, listening, performing, analysis
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

Concepts
Periodisation, narratives and representation in music history, colonialism and the canon; historically informed performance

Styles and Genres
The medieval era, Gregorian chant and Hildegard of Bingen; Church polyphony, Palestrina; the Baroque, Barbara Strozzi; the Italian concerto style, Vivaldi; opera seria and oratorio, Handel; the cantata, Bach; the Classical style, Haydn and Mozart; the emergence of Romanticism, Beethoven.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	Essay on a topic in historical musicology from medieval, Baroque, or Classical eras	60%	n/a
Practical/skills evaluation	Critical listening task	40%	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

J.P.E. Harper-Scott: 2009, An introduction to music studies, CUP,
R. J. Stove: 0, Student's Guide to Music History, ISI,
J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca: 2010, A history of western music, 8th, W. W. Norton & Company,

Other Resources

None