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Postgraduate Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)
Module MUSI53830: Issues in Performance Practice
Department: Music
MUSI53830: Issues in Performance Practice
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 4 | 30 | Available in 2007/2008 | Durham |
Pre-requisites
- Recital (module), for MA pathway in Performance
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combinations
- None
Aims
- To increase awareness of the relevance between theory and practice, and to develop individual approaches towards more creative performance.
Content
- Historical performance practice : To investigate historically-informed performance practices with particular reference to music of 17th and 18th centuries (3 lectures).
- Editing: Study of source material in music, to introduce editing skills (2 lectures)
- Cultural theories: To introduce theories relevant to all performing and other arts in different periods (2 lectures).
- Music analysis: Overview of different applications of music analysis: to increase understanding of a musical work, with an emphasis on the understanding and use of a range of analytical techniques in the context of creative interpretation (3 lectures).
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Discussion of chosen topics, through seminars and tutorials.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 10 | Fortnightly | 1 hour | 10 | |
| Tutorials | 14 | 6/6/2 | 1 hour | 14 | |
| Seminars | 10 | Fortnightly | 1 hour | 10 | |
| Preparation and Reading | 266 | ||||
| Total | 300 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 100% | Essay | 3000 words | 50% | |
| Essay | 3000 words | 50% |
Formative Assessment
Weekly exercises
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.