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Undergraduate Handbook 2010-2011 (archived)
Module MUSI2611: THEORY AND ANALYSIS
Department: Music
MUSI2611: THEORY AND ANALYSIS
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 2 | 20 | Available in 2010/2011 | None. | Durham |
Pre-requisites
Corequisites
- Single honours only: Historical Trends and Issues of the 19th and 20th Centuries MUSI2591
Excluded Combinations
Aims
- To build on and develop first-year work in music analysis.
- To enhance technical understanding of music.
- To enhance ability of students to reflect conceptually on musical material, forms, and genres.
- To instil awareness of the continuity between analysis and composition.
Content
- An exploration of advanced theoretical and analytical approaches to musical structure.
- Term 1 will focus on analytical techniques from Baroque to Classical, such as thorough-bass, contrapuntal textures, galant formal schemata, the architecture of sonata forms, and modes of musical logic.
- Term 2 will cycle through the same historical period, sharpening the focus, and giving students the opportunity to mediate analytical understanding through hands-on practical exercises.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- Students will become familiar with a range of analytical techniques appropriate to different historical periods with the time-frame 1700-1830.
Subject-specific Skills
- Students will achieve a basic competence in applying these skills practically through a series of formative exercises.
Key Skills
- The module will establish and embed analytical understanding, while enhancing overall technical knowledge of the musical language.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Modules of teaching will be complementary across the two terms.
- Term 1 will consist of 10 lectures and a tutorial
- Terms 2 and 3 will consist of a mixture of lectures, seminars and tutorials.
- Teaching and learning in the first two terms will be further supported by directed reading and formative exercises/essays
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 19 | weekly Terms 1 & 2 | 1 hr | 19 | Yes |
| Tutorials | 4 | one during Term 1, three during Terms 2 & 3 | 1 hr | 4 | Yes |
| Seminars | 4 | Terms 2 & 3 | 1 hr | 4 | Yes |
| Reading and Preparation | 173 | ||||
| TOTAL | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analytical essay | 50% | Analytical essay | 3000 words | 100% | Yes |
| Extended analysis with commentary | 50% | Extended analysis with commentary | 3000 words | 100% | Yes |
Formative Assessment
Regular formative exercises, plus formative feedback on first summative essay.
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.