Unit name | Sacred Music in the 16th Century |
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Unit code | MUSI20109 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Stephen Rice |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | Department of Music |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The unit will examine music produced for religious purposes throughout the sixteenth century, investigating the liturgical situations for which it was composed, and the compositional aims behind it. Consideration of theoretical developments, notably in the fields of modality and rhetoric, will contribute to understanding of the aesthetic of church music – why the repertory took the form that it did. The music will be contextualized by consideration of the effects of ecclesiastical reform and Humanist thought.
This unit’s aims are:
1) to introduce students to a repertory of 16th -century music and its liturgical and confessional context;
2) to develop students’ skills in analysing the repertory through an understanding of its theoretical and notational underpinnings;
3) to allow students to engage with critical texts about music, religion, and politics;
4) to develop students’ skills in critical listening;
5) to develop students’ skills in the oral and written presentation of their ideas
At the end of the unit, a successful student will:
Weekly 2-hour seminars for the whole cohort.
1x2,500-word essay (50%); 1x 2-hour exam (50%).
Both the essay and the exam will demonstrate the intended learning outcomes (1) and (2), with the essay in particular providing an opportunity for the students to demonstrate (3)-(6) Each student will be required also to present (formatively assessed) once during the teaching block