| CODE | MSP2155 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Areas of Research in Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will introduce students to a wide range of academic interests in the disciplines of musicology and ethnomusicology. It will provide students with a broad perspective of these two fields of study which will then take different paths in subsequent study-units within the same programme. It considers the contemporary situation of music academism with references to folk, or different aspects of popular music, for example, alongside interests in aspects of the Western art music tradition. It will introduce students to a number of concepts, such as poststructuralism and postmodernism and their relation to contemporary inquiries in musicology and ethnomusicology. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims at introducing students to the main approaches and methodologies practiced by musicologists and ethnomusicologists in the past and up to the present, as well as some of the issues involved in using them. It also develops knowledge of the historical and critical philosophies associated with the variety of approaches to music research. Topics covered include historiography, aesthetics, criticism, the study of documents and musical institutions, the relation between musicology and performance, editing, and historical ethnomusicology. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: (a) evaluate key concepts, theories and methodologies used in musicological research; (b) address specific issues in musicology through reading, classroom presentations and written assignments; (c) demonstrate a good level of initiative and independent thinking as applied to issues and problems in the academic study of music; (d) inform their learning in musicology and ethnomusicology through debates with peers and tutors. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: (a) apply concepts and issues discussed during the course to hands-on music research; (b) write and think about music more holistically; (c) apply critical thinking skills to a range of research situations; (d) reflect on the diversity of musical experiences and interests, which also reflect the contemporary situation of both music and musicology. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Beard, David and Gloag Kenneth. 2016. Musicology: The Key Concepts (2nd ed.) (New York: Routledge). - Pruett, J. W, and T. Slavens. 1985. Research Guide to Musicology (Chicago: ALA). Supplementary Readings - Clarke, Eric, and Nicholas Cook (eds.). 2004. Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects (New York: OUP). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Philip Ciantar Jeremy Coleman |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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