History	Tuesday	11 - 1pm	Hartley Concert Room
Theory & Analysis	Thursday	9 - 10am	Hartley Concert Room

On successful completion of this course the students will acquire:

1. a conceptual understanding of the key historical, aesthetic and philosophical trends in Western art music from ancient Greece to the late 18^th century

2. high level research and writing skills

3. high level critical listening skills and repertoire knowledge

4. knowledge of historical perspectives in Western art music

5. skills in using online technologies to explore the history of Western art music.

Learning resources

Required resources

Weekly related readings (see below), are available either as a PDF on MyUni, online via the Elder Music Library, or external websites.

Recommended Resources

Library

The Music Library located in the Hartley building is an excellent source for music, literature and recordings: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/branch/eml/

Music Resources Guide

The Music Resources Guide contains quick links to key music databases for scholarly research and online listening. It also contains links to websites of publicly available online scores, collected editions, and professional associations. Here, too, you can find a regularly updated list of new books, scores, CDs and DVDs available in the Elder Music Library: http://libguides.adelaide.edu.au/music.


Cook, Nicholas and Anthony Poole (eds). The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century

Music (Cambridge: CUP, 2004).

Hanning, Barbara Russo. Concise History of Western Music, 2nd ed. (New York:

Norton, 2002).

Harper-Scott, JPE and Jim Samson (eds). An Introduction to Music Studies

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Jeffrey, Jackson and Stanley Pelkey (eds). Music and history: Bridging the disciplines

(Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005).

Kelly, Thomas Forrest. Early Music: A Very Short Introduction (New York: Oxford

University Press, 2011).

Pendle, Karin (ed). Women & Music: A history (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c2001).

Latham, Alison (ed). The Oxford Companion to Music. (Oxford: OUP, 2002).

Taruskin, Richard. The Oxford History of Western Music (Oxford: OUP, 2005).

Weiss, Piero and Richard Taruskin (eds). Music in the Western World: A History in

Documents, 2nd ed. (Belmont, CA.: Schirmer, 2008).

Online learning

MyUni will be used to provide details of lecture and seminar content, set readings, assessment advice, and announcements.

Learning and Teaching Modes

Lectures and seminars will cover and explore the range of topics as set out in the Course Outline. Spoken word delivery will be supported by audio-visual exhibits and other media.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

In addition to the required contact hours, students are expected to play an active role in the practice, refinement and consolidation of their knowledge and understanding. For each hour of this course students will need to spend on average an additional minimum of 3-4 hours per week on readings, critical listening, self-initiated learning and research in order to pass the course.

Learning Activities Summary

The information below is divided into history and theory lecture topics. It is intended as a guide, and may change in response to needs arising during the semester. 


History Topics

Week 1: Musical Beginnings

Week 2: The Middle Ages: Sacred and Secular music and the Rise of Polyphony

Week 3: Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Week 4: Transformation of Sacred and Secular Music in the Renaissance

Week 5: Bach, the counterpoint of sacred and secular

Week 6: The Rise of Instrumental Music

Week 7: The Birth of the Orchestra

Week 8: Haydn, Esterhazy and London

Week 9: Mozart

Week 10: Beethoven – Man and Myth

Week 11: Music as Literature (Schubert-Berlioz-Liszt-Schumann)

Week12: Music in colonial Australia

 
Theory Topics

Weeks 1-4: Counterpoint, Passacaglia and Fugue

Weeks 5-8: Classical Forms

Weeks 9-12: Song Forms

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Learning Objectives
Study Skills Assignment	Formative	10%	2,5
History Essay	Formative and Summative	30%	1,2,3,4,5
History Examination	Summative	20%	1,2,3,4
Theory Assignments	Formative and Summative	2 x 10%	3,4
Theory Exam	Summative	20%	3,4

Assessment detail

Study skills exercise (10% of total mark for semester)

Students will provide a 300 word critique of ONE of three newspaper articles posted on MyUni, under <>. The aim of the exercise is to enhance students’ ability to identify, summarise and critically evaluate research resource materials. In addition to providing an accurate citation of the article in question, students will provide citations for four (4) other resources that they deem to be relevant to the article. These may include, for example, a book, book chapter, journal article, CD programme note, or internet resource.

NB Each of the four citations should be from a different resource.

Bibliography and references are to be cited according to either MLA or Harvard styles, as described in the Elder Conservatorium Bibliographic Style Guide at

http://libguides.adelaide.edu.au/musicreferencing

History Essay (30% of total mark for semester)

Word count: 1500 words (NOT including bibliography and references)

Essay topics will be supplied at the beginning of the semester. You are free to choose a topic outside of those listed, AS LONG as it is relevant to the musical genres and time frame covered in the seminars. If you do so, YOU MUST obtain the approval of Mark Carroll.

History Exam (20% of total mark for semester)

During the Examination period there will be a short paragraph answer exam, 120 minutes in duration – date and venue TBA. Students will be asked to provide paragraph answers to four topics drawn from a list of ten circulated earlier in the semester.

• Theory & Analysis Assignments (2 x 10% of total mark for semester) 

Two assignments worth 10%will be made available at class time in weeks 4 and 8.

Theory Exam (20% of total mark for semester)

During the Examination periodthere will be a theory and analysis exam. This will cover a detailed analysis of one of the works studied in Topic 3, along with aural, theoretical and analytical content of works studied through the course and ‘unseen’ works relating to the topics covered. 

 

Submission

Late assignment policy:

Late written assignments will be accepted to a maximum of 7 days late with a late penalty of 2 marks per calendar day applied.

Extensions without penalty may be granted when supporting documentation can be provided and then, and only then, by arrangement with the course lecturer prior to the due date and time. Extensions will not be granted under any other circumstance. 

To apply for an extension, use the medical/compassionate application form available at:

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/forms/medical-compassionate-application-form.pdf

The completed form should be submitted to the Elder Conservatorium Office, either in person at the Music Office front desk (Schulz Building Level 9, access via western Schulz lifts) or via email: music@adelaide.edu.au

Students will receive feedback on their assessment tasks.