Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Music and its Cultures II
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Music
Module Code	09 37491
Module Lead	Ben Earle and Nicholas Attfield
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites	LC Music and its Cultures I - (09 37490)
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-10 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	Music and its Cultures II extends the music-historical and ethnomusicological coverage provided in Music and its Cultures I, embracing a variety of repertoires and their contexts from 1800 to the present. The module crosses between Western art music and popular forms, aiming for breadth in terms of both geographical and methodological coverage, by means of a focus on the function and development of key musical genres. As with Music and its Cultures I, the module is intended as an introduction to topics that will be offered for more detailed study in years 2 and 3. Lectures will address a range of political, institutional, social and cultural issues pertaining to music after 1800. In the seminars, students will focus on specific musical examples drawn from the lecture material. In this way, students will develop skills in both musical and cultural analysis that will enhance their music-historical and ethnomusicological engagement with music of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate understanding of, and discuss central themes in music after 1800, with detailed reference to specific genres, movements, media and styles. Critically analyse differences in the production, consumption, and distribution of music across the entire spectrum of the cultural field. Continue to make use of academic methods and concepts fundamental to the advanced understanding of music and culture across different periods, disciplines, and geographical regions. Show evidence of independent learning, reflective learning, critical thinking, and the ability to perform appropriate research tasks relating to music-historical and ethnomusicological issues.
Assessment	37491-01 : 2,000 word Essay : Coursework (50%) 37491-02 : 24hr Take Home Exam Paper - Locally Managed : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	24-hour unseen take-home examination (2000 words) (50%) 2000-word essay (50%) Re-assessment: Re-submission of failed component
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