2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MUSI3520 Minor Editing and Source Studies

20 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Dr Bryan White
Email: b.white@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisites

MUSI2420

Notation and Editing

This module is mutually exclusive with

MUSI3540

Major Editing and Source Studies

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

This module introduces students to finding and using musical and textual sources (manuscripts, printed books, letters and other documents) in the study of music. The handling, transcribing and understanding of source material is used to inform and develop more advanced studies in music editing. On completion students will demonstrate a range of editorial practices for dealing with music and text, and will demonstrate ability to find and asses a range of primary and secondary sources. They should be able to demonstrate this knowledge through practical exercises and essays (e.g. editing assignments, biographical writing, source description and interpretation), presenting their work in an appropriately clear and organised fashion.

Syllabus

The practice of editing (both text and music), taking appropriate examples from a range of historical periods: basic description of manuscripts, book production and the study of bindings; Basic analysis of musical handwriting, and the techniques needed for the identification of the copyists of particular manuscripts; The techniques needed for the investigation of the historical context of manuscripts; the study of printed music, including an introduction to the analysis of musical typography and engraving; the more advanced techniques needed to edit music from several sources, and from corrupt or difficult sources.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

5 hours preparation for each seminar class/portolio tasks = 110 hours
preparation of final project and portfolio = 70 hours

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Individual tasks set weekly or biweekly for in class submission. These are returned with formative feedback; students subsequently develop this work and submit it in the final portfolio.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	Editing and source studies exercises	60.00
Project	Editing project (equivalent to 2,000 words). A minimum mark of 40 must be achieved in all components to pass this module	40.00
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 website

Last updated: 24/09/2009

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