740-105 Music and Ideas

Faculty Musicianship Test or 740-139 Discovering Music-2. For international students a score of 6.5 on IELTS or a pass in AESL1.

This subject aims to help students develop an integrated view of the relationships between scholarly music study, music performance, and the appreciation of the diversity of music in our culture. The subject introduces approaches to advanced music study, concepts of musical style based on cultural and historical interpretation, and an awareness of the stylistic implications of musical language. Students will study a broad selection of music from different times and places to reinforce and expand their musical experience. Students will also develop skills in style analysis, music research and technology including bibliographic, internet and computer skills, and articulate written and spoken communication about music.

An essay of 1000 words (25%); a bibliographic assignment of 1000 words (25%); a research assignment on a topic of the student's choice of 2000 words (50%).

• Machlis, The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening. 8th edn, [Chronological version], W W Norton, 1999.
• Reck, Music of the Whole Earth. 2nd edn, Da Capo, 1997.
• Wingell, Writing about Music: An Introductory Guide. 2nd edn, Prentice Hall, 1997.