MU4006 - Millennium of Music (Part II)

During the module you will be given guided reading and listening each week which will give you an overview of a particular topic.
Lectures will procide an introduction to each topic and give you practice in listening skills, developing a facility for absorbing information delivered orally. Seminars will provide a flexible time for student presentations, group work and discussion. You will be given individual advice on your essay in a short tutorial, and the opportunity to receive oral feedback on your written work.

Your academic development will be supported through engagement with your peers, academic tutors, and programme leaders. Academic support is provided through seminar discussions and optional essay tutorials which allow specific issues to be addressed and to promote progress in academic development. The module tutor will be accessible within publicised office hours and via email. Your peers will provide you will a collaborative learning environment, and your programme leader will guide you through the requirements and expectations of your course. You will also be supported through individual engagement with the academic literature, lectures, and resources available on the eLearning Portal. Formative feedback will be on-going throughout seminar activities and through a formative draft essay plan in preparation for the first summative essay.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
1. You will demonstrate knowledge of a wide repertoire of music from different periods, an understanding of some of the main stylistic developments and an awareness of the function played by music in various contexts.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
2. You will be able to make effective use of written and aural sources of information in the construction of an argument, making appropriate acknowledgement of them.

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

3. You will demonstrate curiosity through an open-minded engagement with unfamiliar musical sounds, concepts, repertoires and practices.

4. You will demonstrate a capacity to monitor and assess your own progress and an ability to respond positively to feedback of others.

5. You will demonstrate an ability to manage your time, and to work effectively with others and on your own.

1. FORMATIVE: you will submit a draft essay plan and indicative bibliography in preparation for your first summative assessment 2. Participation in weekly learning tasks (10%): Short assignments that will vary by topic and may include quizzes, contributions to wikis or discussions, short text submissions, reflective listening responses, or pre/post reading circle notes. Feedback will depend on the individual assignments, and may include quiz scores, brief written feedback, oral feedback to cohort, or a combination of these. MLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 3. Essay 1 of 2,000 words (40%), submitted in the middle of Semester 2. A 2000-word essay that tests students’ ability to make use of what they have learned in lectures and seminars, and to undertake their own research on a topic. MLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 4. Essay 2 of 2,000 words (50%), submitted at end of Semester 2. A 2000-word essay that tests students’ ability to make use of what they have learned in lectures and seminars, and to undertake their own research on a topic. MLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Feedback on essays comprises annotations to the script and a short report, plus an opportunity to disuss your work in an individual tutorial.

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This module will open your ears to a vast range of music from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first century, with a primary focus on Western art music. Much of this music will be new to you and will use techniques and styles that are unfamiliar. We will look at how music was created and preserved through notation and, later, recorded sound. Although you may think of this music as belonging to the concert hall, you will discover the contexts for which it was originally intended, and the function that it played in society at large. In conjunction with Millennium of Music (Part I), this module is intended to give you a broad knowledge of music history as a framework into which you will be able to slot more specialist studies later in the degree and to develop your skills and confidence in writing about music.