MUS31260 Musical Life in Paris

Academic Year 2019/2020

This module provides an overview of a period of intensive changes in the history of Paris, spotlighting key moments in musical life through the study of selected works alongside significant scholarship. . Recurring themes include music and national identity, relationships between music and other art forms, and the importance of Paris’s concert halls and opera houses in European musical culture during this period.

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Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to discuss key aesthetic trends and musical practices in Paris between the late nineteenth century and mid-twentieth century. They will be able to recognise key works by a range of composers from this period, relating compositions to the broader cultural context. Having completed the course, students will also have improved their skills in reading analytical texts, appraising scholarly views, offering synthetic readings of scholarly disagreements, conducting academic research, and communicating their findings to others (both in the form of essays and presentations).

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Seminar (or Webinar)

12
Specified Learning Activities

82
Autonomous Student Learning

82
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, supplemented by discussion based on the close reading of texts.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: 3,500 Words Week 12 n/a Graded No

50
Examination: Listening examination will take place in-house in week 11 Week 11 No Graded No

30
Group Project: Group Presentation (15 minutes) Week 5 n/a Graded No

20

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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