Perspectives of music history I

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Course Description:
This module aims to lay a firm foundation for further study of music through the study of a range of specific musical concepts, examined through 18th and 19th century repertoire and then moving to 20th century music in the second half of the module. It enables the student to develop: (1) Aesthetic knowledge and understanding, especially of 18th & 19th century Western repertoire and early 20th century musical styles. (2) A knowledge of music history from these periods (3) An understanding of ideas of canon formation and related cultural concepts (4) An understanding of aesthetic and stylistic concepts of non-European and popular music (Middlesex University handbook: BMus in performance/composition; BA in music and arts management].

Responsibilities: 
(Module Co-leader) Lectures in popular, world, folk and Western classical music. Essay marking. Tutorials.
Level: 
Level 1 UG
Dates: 
2007 - 2011
Place: 
Mdx