| Title: | Music History: 1950 to present |
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| Long Title: | Music History: 1950 to present |
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| Field of Study: |
Music & Performing Arts
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| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 ) |
| Module Coordinator: |
MARIA JUDGE |
| Module Author: |
ROISIN MAHER |
| Module Description: |
This module explores the principal composers, musical styles, forms and compositional approaches in the twentieth century from c.1950 until the present day. Musical developments are placed in a cultural, socio-historical and intellectual context. |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
| LO1 |
Relate significant dates and events to music history from 1950 to the present |
| LO2 |
Interpret key figures, works and aesthetic movements in music and culture of the period |
| LO3 |
Summarise the origins, direction and consequences of specific developments in music in the second half of the twentieth century |
| LO4 |
Evaluate the significance of a selected composer, composition or musical development in detail |
| LO5 |
Research an approved topic relating to music from c. 1950 to the present |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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Old and new
The conservative tradition since the 1950s; Britten and Shostakovich; Messiaen; music and texture: Penderecki and Ligeti; quotation and borrowing
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Serialism
Serialism since the 1950s; the influence of Webern; total serialism: Boulez and Stockhausen; the politics of serialism; serialism in America: Copland, Babbitt and Carter
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Aleatory music
Aleatory music in America; the influence of Cage; Browne, Feldman and the New York School; aleatory music in Europe; the changing role of the performer; indeterminate and graphic notation
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Minimalism
Origins of minimalism; minimalism in the USA: Riley, Reich and Adams; minimalism in Europe: Tavener, Pärt and Andriessen; post-minimalism
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Film music
Developments in film music since 1950; the film music of Bernard Hermann; classical music on screen; minimalism and film music: Glass and Nyman
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Music and politics
Music and politics; responses to war: Crumb, Zimmermann, Rzewski; popular music and politics since the 1960s
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Specialised topic
Plan and research a medium length (4,000-4,500 word) essay on an approved topic related to the course OR research, prepare and present musical work(s) written since 1950, in the form of a 30-minute lecture/recital with accompanying programme notes
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Course Work | 100.00% |
| Course Work |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Reflective Journal |
Responses to reading and listening assignments |
2,3,4 |
25.0 |
Every Second Week |
| Short Answer Questions |
Biography, chronology, definition of key concepts, identification of musical works from score and listening extracts |
1,2,3 |
25.0 |
Week 9 |
| Project |
Essay or lecture and recital |
2,4,5 |
50.0 |
Sem End |
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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The institute reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
20th-century music from 1950 to present |
2.0 |
Every Week |
2.00 |
| Tutorial |
Engaging with 20th-century music |
1.0 |
Every Week |
1.00 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Reading, listening, research, study |
4.0 |
Every Week |
4.00 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
| This module has no Part Time workload. |
Module Resources
| Recommended Book Resources |
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- Taruskin, Richard 2009, Music in the Late Twentieth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music, Oxford University Press Oxford [ISBN: 978-01953848]
| | Supplementary Book Resources |
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- Albright, Daniel 2004, Modernism and music: an anthology of sources, University of Chicago Press Chicago [ISBN: 0226012670]
- Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca 2014, A history of western music, 9th Ed., W. W. Norton & Company New York [ISBN: 978-039391829]
- Burkholder, J. Peter (Editor), Claude V. Palisca (Editor) 2014, Norton Anthology of Western Music: Volume 3 Twentieth Century, 7th Ed. [ISBN: 978-039392163]
- Cook, Nicholas and Anthony Pople (eds.) 2004, The Cambridge history of twentieth-century music, Cambridge University Press Cambridge & New York [ISBN: 0521662567]
- Cooke, Mervyn 2008, A History of Film Music, Cambridge University Press Cambridge [ISBN: 978-05210104]
- Cox, Christoph and Daniel Warner (eds.) 2004, Audio culture: readings in modern music, Continuum New York [ISBN: 978-0826416155]
- Griffiths, Paul 2011, Modern Music and After, 3rd Ed., Oxford University Press [ISBN: 978-0199740505]
- Morgan, Robert P. 1991, Twentieth-Century Music: A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America, Norton New York [ISBN: 039395272X]
- Morgan, Robert P. (ed.) 1992, Anthology of twentieth-century music, Norton New York [ISBN: 0393952843]
- Nyman, Michael 1999, Experimental music: Cage and beyond, Cambridge University Press Cambridge [ISBN: 0521653835]
- Ross, Alex 2009, The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, Harper Collins London [ISBN: 978-1-84115-476-3]
- Whittall, Arnold 2003, Exploring twentieth-century music: tradition and innovation, Cambridge University Press Cambridge & New York [ISBN: 0521016681]
| | Supplementary Article/Paper Resources |
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- Cambridge University Press Tempo [ISSN: 0040-2982]
- Quinn, Toner The Journal of Music in Ireland [ISSN: 1649-0215]
| | Other Resources |
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- DVD-ROM: 2014Norton recorded anthology of western
music, Vol. 3: Twentieth Century
, Sony Music / Norton, New York
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