Module Details

Module Code: MUSC7009
Title: 19th to 21st Century Music
Long Title: 19th to 21st Century Music
NFQ Level: Intermediate
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2022/23 ( September 2022 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 2121 - Music & Performing Arts
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: This module explores the principal musical styles, forms and compositional approaches from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day and places them in a social, historical and intellectual context.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Construct a timeline of significant developments in music history from the nineteenth century to the present day
LO2 Explain the key concepts and formative influences in music from the nineteenth century to the present day
LO3 Assess the significance of key figures, works and aesthetic movements in music and culture of the period
LO4 Research an approved topic relating to music of this period
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
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
No requirements listed
 
Indicative Content
Research topic
Investigation of an approved topic
Romanticism in the nineteenth century
Origins of the Romantic movement; Romanticism in literature and the visual arts; precursors of Romanticism in music; the influence of Romantic ideology on music
Orchestral music in the nineteenth century
Beethoven and the symphony; the symphony as expression of the universal; the influence of programme music; the symphonic poem from Liszt to Strauss
Vocal music in the nineteenth century
Developments in opera; opera in Italy from Rossini to verismo; opera in Germany: Weber and Wagner; the lied from Schubert to Wolf; women composers and the lied
Modernism in the twentieth century
Origins of modernism; Debussy, Schönberg and Stravinsky; new alternatives to conventional tonality; modernism between the wars; serialism and experimentalism; music in America
Electro-acoustic music
Early electronic instruments; electronic music after World War II; Cage and Stockhausen; live music and electronics; the synthesiser and digital technology; the computer and new performance possibilities; women composers and technology
Irish composers
Music and the Celtic Revival; Aloys Fleischmann, Frederick May and Ina Boyle; Seán Ó Riada and Gerald Barry; new and emerging voices: Jennifer Walshe and Donnacha Dennehy
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework65.00%
End of Module Formal Examination35.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Short Answer Questions % of Total Mark 20
Timing Week 7 Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Assessment Description
Definition of key concepts, identification of musical works from score and listening extracts
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 10
Timing Week 8 Learning Outcomes 3,4
Assessment Description
Outline and draft of research essay
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 35
Timing Sem End Learning Outcomes 2,3,4
Assessment Description
Research on an approved topic (2,000-2,500 words)
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 35
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
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 Music history c. 1800-present Every Week 2.00 2
Tutorial Contact Engaging with music history, research skills Every Week 1.00 1
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Reading, listening, research, study 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
  • Burkholder, J. Peter, Grout, Donald J., Palisca, Claude V.. (2019), A history of western music eBook, 10th. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, [ISBN: 9780393419641].
  • Hanning, Barbara Russano. (2020), Concise History of Western Music Ebook, 5th. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, [ISBN: 978-0-393-421].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Burkholder, J. Peter, Palisca, Claude V.. (2019), Norton Anthology of Western Music: Volume 2: Classic to Romantic, 8th. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, [ISBN: 9780393656428].
  • Burkholder, J. Peter, Grout, Donald J., Palisca Claude V. (Editors). (2019), Norton Anthology of Western Music: Volume 3: The Twentieth Century and After, 8th. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, [ISBN: 978-0-393-656].
  • Cox, Gareth and Axel Klein (eds.). (2003), Irish Music in the Twentieth Century, Four Courts Press, Dublin, [ISBN: 1851826475].
  • Dervan, Michael (ed.). (2016), The Invisible Art: A Century of Music in Ireland 1916-2016, New Island Books, Dublin, [ISBN: 9781848405745].
  • Taruskin, Richard. (2009), Music in the Nineteenth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music, Oxford University Press, Oxford, [ISBN: 9780195384833].
  • Taruskin, Richard. (2009), Music in the Late Twentieth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music, Oxford University Press, Oxford, [ISBN: 9780195384857].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
  • DVD-ROM, (2014), Norton recorded anthology of western music, Vols. 2 and 3, New York, Sony Music / Norton.
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_GMUSC_8 Bachelor of Music (Honours) 4 Mandatory