Impressionism to Postmodernism in Music

Subject MUSI20002 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2014.

Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 2 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment:

120 hours

Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge:

Musical literacy, to a standard equivalent to AMEB grade 4 or higher.

Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability will impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit.

Contact

Coordinator: lindaik@unimelb.edu.au

Contact Centre
T: 13 MELB (6352)
E: 13melb@unimelb.edu.au

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
VCA and MCM Student Centre
E: mcm-ugrad@unimelb.edu.au
W: www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

In this subject, we explore representative styles of Western art music from 1900 to the present. The music will be examined from a number of perspectives including nationalist and internationalist currents, modernist tendencies and the quest for order and disorder, and with reference to wider socio-cultural contexts. The music of Australia will also be studied in relation to corresponding global trends.

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • understand and contextualise music from the 20 th century to the present
  • undertake basic scholarly work using the bibliographic tools of music to discuss the music of the period covered
Assessment:
  • Four tutorial assignments, 300 words each: choose ONE question from each of Weeks 1–4; 5–7; 8–9; 10–12, due the Sunday at the end of Weeks 4, 7, 10 and 12, respectively, at 11:59pm, via Turnitin [10% each (total 40%)]
  • One essay: 2,000 words, due the Monday of the first week of the end of semester examination period at 11:59pm (40%);
  • One 1-hour listening-based examination, held during the end of semester examination period (20%).
Prescribed Texts:

The Norton Anthology of Western Music, 6th ed., vol. 3, ed. J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca (New York: Norton, 2009) and a Reader, which will be available for purchase from the University Bookshop.

Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

On completion of this subject students will have developed:

  • a capacity for independent critical thought
  • an openness to new ideas
  • knowledge, skills and practices which provide a basis for independent critical inquiry and research-based writing
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Music
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Academic Electives
Composition Major
Graduate Diploma and Certificate Elective subjects
Musicology/Ethnomusicology Major
Performance Major
Related Breadth Track(s): Studies in western music

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