740-142 Western Music to 1750

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Prerequisites

Musicianship Test or 740-139 Introduction to Music 1-2.

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Subject Description

Students will be able to stylistically-identify and describe musical scores from many periods and traditions, to undertake basic scholarly work using the bibliographic tools of music, and to discuss in overview the music of several cultures.

Topics covered include: an overview of musical works and ideas in the West up to 1750 and an introduction to the music cultures beyond; critical and research methods basic to the scholarly study of music. Representative works of the major periods are introduced in their social contexts.

Assessment

(a) Regular listening tests (20%); (b) written projects to a total of 2000 words (20%); (c) end-of-semester 3 hour examination (60%).

Prescribed Texts

• Grout D J, Palisca C V, A History of Western Music. 4th ed. 1988 Dent.
• Palisca C V (ed), Norton Anthology of Western Music: Vol. I Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque. 2nd ed. 1988 Norton.