MUS3000 Baroque Music (20 credits)

Year Running: 2019/2020

Credit level: F6

Additional Information

A lack of familiarity with staff notation will seriously hamper a student's performance within some elements of the module. In some circumstances it may be possible to work around this through a careful selection of roles for assessment.

Description

Public knowledge of baroque music today is shaped by the dominance of a 'canon' of music considered authoritative or 'great', which for ideological and historical reasons is dominated by white European male composers. This module sets out to help change that. You'll work as a team, with clearly defined roles, to produce a critical edition-with-commentary of music created using staff notation between c.1600-1750 by a musician who was NOT a white European man, which is obscure or completely unknown in the present day. Optionally, the group may also choose to record historically-informed performances of some or all of the music included in their edition. The materials produced will ultimately be made publicly available online.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	152.0
Other	24.0
Seminar	24.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Other	0.0	100 %	S2

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2019-20.