Module Code - Title:
MD4093
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CLASSICAL MUSIC STUDIES
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module will provide the student with methods for the analysis of musical works, styles, and key composers within Western classical music, taking into account the social and cultural contexts of the time periods studied.
Syllabus:
This module will offer a critical engagement with historical and contemporary perspectives on classical music, introducing the student to compositional form and style in both vocal and instrumental music.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Demonstrate a knowledge of the chronological development of classical music.
Display an understanding of and an ability to analyse the compositional styles studied.
Engage critically with the social and cultural background of classical music.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Demonstrate an understanding of key concepts.
Engage with concepts through class discussion.
Contextualise their primary field of practical study.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
Apply key aspects of concepts studied to embodied performance and composition.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
This module will be taught through a mixture of lectures, tutorials and performance based laboratories. It will have traditional academic outcomes supplemented by an arts practice approach, giving the subject area an embodied relevance. As such this module has UL graduate attributes at its core, focusing on knowledge based outputs supported by an embodied experience rooted in collaborative creative practice. Students will be able to articulate their understanding of the western art music and dance tradition in a culturally engaged and responsible manner.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Burkholder and Palisca (2005)
Norton Anthology of Western Music: Volume 2: Classic to Twentieth Century,
, New York: Norton
Cadwallader and Gagné (2007)
Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach,
, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cook, N (1987)
A Guide to Musical Analysis,
, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Other Relevant Texts:
White, Harry (1998)
The Keeper's Recital: Music and Cultural History in Ireland, 1770-1970
, Cork University Press
Citron, Marcia J (1993)
Gender and the musical canon
, Cambridge University Press
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
Andre.Swanepoel@ul.ie