2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
MUSS3121 Special Study in Musicology A
20 creditsClass Size: 25
Module manager: Dr Marian Jago
Email: m.s.jago@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
Topic 1 - Approaches and Techniques for Jazz Research: Using case studies and directed readings, this module will provide students with an opportunity to explore complex issues surrounding current jazz scholarship. Issues related to canon formation, race and gender, the concept of scenes/jazz as culture, the role of ethnography, and the question of jazz’s relevance in the 21st century will guide students toward an engagement with jazz as a continually evolving critical discourse. Readings will be drawn from the likes of Gilroy, Radano, Ake, DeVeaux, Gioia, Benadon, Porter, Schuller, Gabbard, and Monson, among others. Essay and presentation topics will be chosen by the students in consultation with the module tutor(s).Topic 2 - Elgar's Orchestral Music: This module focuses upon Edward Elgar’s orchestral works, and aims to place these within a variety of contexts – not only national (the British symphonic tradition), but those as part of wider nineteenth-century concerns (musical tourism, music and Shakespeare, musical codes and puzzles, musical retrospection), highlighting the variety within Elgar’s approach to narrative and musical representation. At the heart of this module is how we might understand programme music, so although the module is Elgar-focused, it also has a wider application in terms of other composers active in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century. Within their individual presentations, students will be encouraged not only to reassess some of the relatively neglected works from Elgar's output, but as the reception of Elgar's orchestral works has strong links with performance, there will be the opportunity to explore the significance of Elgar’s recorded legacy, and to compare 'authoritative' interpretations.Objectives
- demonstrate in-depth musical knowledge through study of a defined musicological area;- apply advanced historical, analytical, critical and comparative methodologies to the articulation and development of arguments;
- demonstrate evidence of growing independence in research, a deepening understanding of methodology, and a high level of essay-writing and oral presentational skills;
- develop an awareness of contextual approaches applicable to a focused repertoire range.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the module candidates will be able to:
- demonstrate in-depth musical knowledge through study of a defined musicological area;
- apply advanced historical, analytical, critical and comparative methodologies to the articulation and development of arguments;
- demonstrate evidence of growing independence in research, a deepening understanding of methodology, and a high level of essay-writing and oral presentational skills;
- develop an awareness of contextual approaches applicable to a focused repertoire range.
Syllabus
Students will study one topic chosen from a range available. Topics offered will cover a spectrum of musicological areas in different musical disciplines and contexts, including art, commercial, popular and world musics.
The module may be taught via a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 9 | 2.00 | 18.00 |
Tutorial | 1 | 0.25 | 0.00 |
Private study hours | 182.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 18.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 |
Private study
- 4 hours evaluation of notes per lecture or seminar: 36 hours- 6 hours reading and listening per lecture or seminar: 66 hours
- Essay writing: 54 hours
- Seminar preparation: 25 hours.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Seminar presentation and feedback- Tutorials.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Essay | 3600-4400 words (this element must pass) | 75.00 |
Presentation | circa 10 minutes. | 25.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 24/04/2017
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