Module Details

Module Code: MUSC7008
Title: 17th and 18th century music
Long Title: 17th and 18th century music
NFQ Level: Intermediate
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 2121 - Music & Performing Arts
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: This module explores the social contexts for European music during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and examines changing concepts of style, form, aesthetics and performance practice.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Relate key dates, events and figures to developments in Western music history within the given time frame.
LO2 Discuss key concepts concerning the broader intellectual and artistic culture of the period.
LO3 Research an approved topic relating to music in the seventeenth or eighteenth century.
LO4 Structure and present research findings in written form and in a class presentation.
LO5 Contextualise the emergence of opera, cantata, oratorio, sonata, concerto and symphony in the cultural life of Western Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
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Co-requisite Modules
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Requirements

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Indicative Content
Research topic
Investigation of an approved topic within the date parameters of the course
New style concepts in early 17th century
Development of opera and related genres; regional variants
Development of idiomatic instrumental music
Development of the violin, guitar and trumpet during the seventeenth century; the emergence of the sonata and the concerto
Social change in 18th century
New audiences for music; development of the music trade; rise of comic opera
Style in the 18th century
Style change in the 18th century; galant style; Ratner's theory of musical topics; mature classical style
Key works
Monteverdi madrigals, Corelli sonatas, Vivaldi concertos, J.S. Bach cantatas, symphonies of Haydn and Mozart; the classical concerto; Mozart's Da Ponte operas
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework60.00%
End of Module Formal Examination40.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 15
Timing Week 8 Learning Outcomes 3,4
Assessment Description
Outline and draft
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 25
Timing Sem End Learning Outcomes 3,4
Assessment Description
Research of an approved topic
Assessment Type Short Answer Questions % of Total Mark 20
Timing Week 7 Learning Outcomes 1,5
Assessment Description
Terminology, chronology
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 40
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2,4,5
Assessment Description
End-of-Semester Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact European music 1600-1800: Weekly lecture, with directed listening, analysis and discussion. Every Week 2.00 2
Tutorial Contact Weekly tutorial dealing with bibliography, research skills, writing and analytical skills. Every Week 1.00 1
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Independent and directed reading, listening; writing and research. Every Week 4.00 4
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
This module has no Part Time workload.
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Richard Taruskin. (2009), Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, [ISBN: 9780195384826].
  • Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald J. Grout, Claude V. Palisca. (2014), A History of Western Music, 9th ed.. Norton, New York, [ISBN: 9780393918298].
  • Susan Lewis Hammond. (2016), Music in the Baroque World: History, Culture, Performance, Routledge, [ISBN: 978041582761].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Anderson, Nicholas. (1994), Baroque Music, Thames and Hudson, London, [ISBN: 0-500-01606-2].
  • Buelow, George J. ed. (1993), The Late Baroque Era from the 1680s to 1740, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., [ISBN: 0135299837].
  • Downs, Philip.G.. (1992), Classical Music, Norton, New York, [ISBN: 0-393-95191-X].
  • Kimbell, David. (1991), Italian Opera, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, [ISBN: 0-512-235331].
  • Burton, Anthony, series ed.. (2002), A Performer's Guide to Music of the Baroque Period, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, [ISBN: 1-86096-1924].
  • Cyr, Mary. (2016), Style and Performance for Bowed String Instruments in French Baroque Music, Routledge, [ISBN: 9781315611174].
  • Koehler, Elis. (2014), Fanfares and Finesse. A Performer's Guide to Trumpet History and Literature, Indiana University Press, [ISBN: 9780253011855].
  • Mann, William. (1977), The Operas of Mozart, Cassell, London, [ISBN: 0-304-29381-4].
  • Palisca, Claude V.. (1991), Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., [ISBN: 0130584967].
  • Palisca, Claude V.. (1996), Norton Anthology of Western Music vol 1: Ancient to Baroque, Norton, New York, [ISBN: 0-393-96906-1].
  • Price, Curtis ed. (1993), The Early Baroque Era, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., [ISBN: 0132237938].
  • Poultney, David. (1996), Studying Music History: Learning, Reasoning and Writing about Music History and Literature, 2nd ed.. Chapters 3,4,7, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, [ISBN: 0131902245].
  • Ratner, Leonard G.. (1980), Classic Music - Expression, Form and Style, Schirmer, New York, [ISBN: 0-02-872020-2].
  • Raynor, Henry. (1972), A Social History of Music; from the Middle Ages to Beethoven, Barrie and Jenkins, London, [ISBN: 0-214-65783-3].
  • Wolff, Christoph. (2001), Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Oxford University Press, Oxford, [ISBN: 0199248842].
  • Zaslaw, Neal, ed.. (1983), The Classical Era - From the 1740s to the end of the 18th Century, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., [ISBN: 0131369385].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
  • CD set, Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music Vol 1: Ancient to Baroque, Norton.
  • CD set, Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music Vol 2: Classic to Twentieth Century, Norton.
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_GMUSC_8 Bachelor of Music (Honours) 3 Mandatory