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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Music : Music

740-383 Music in Medieval Europe

Availability:

Offered in alternate years.

Credit Points:

When taken from Music, Faculty of Music:
10.0
When taken from Music, Faculty of Education:
11.1

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor John Griffiths

Prerequisite/s:

740-110 Music in Society B.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

2-hours of lectures and one tutorial per week for one semester in third or fourth year

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should have acquired an extensive knowledge of repertory pertaining to the areas selected in the course for detailed study and the place of music in medieval society; possess a working knowledge of manuscript sources and their notation, theoretical treatises, iconographical materials, and musicological scholarship relating to topics of study; demonstrate a capacity to evaluate modern performances of music in the period.

Content:

A study of various aspects of Western music prior to circa 1425, together with an examination of related literary, cultural and social contexts.

Assessment:

A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (50%), and a written assignment of approximately 3000 words, due at the end of the semester (50%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • McKinnon J, Antiquity and the Middle Ages: From Ancient Greece to the 15th Century, 1990 Macmillan.
  • Yudkin J, Music in Medieval Europe, 1989 Prentice Hall.
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