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ATS1345 - Music and history

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 academic research and writing skills.

EFTSL Assessment
Undergraduate - Unit Within semester assessment: 100%

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the

semester(s) in which this unit is offered.
Workload requirements
Faculty: Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning
Arts outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically
comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and
Organisational Unit:
independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a
Chief examiner(s): combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning
Associate Professor Paul Watt and online engagement.
Coordinator(s):
Associate Professor Paul Watt See also Unit timetable information

Unit guides:
• First semester This unit applies to the
Offered:
Clayton
following area(s) of study
• First semester 2019 (On-campus) Music

Synopsis Music performance

Composition and music technology

Through the study of selected representative musical works from
the Western art music canon, this unit explores the historical Creative music technology
conditions under which music was produced and the purposes it
served for composers, performers, patrons and the public. Ethnomusicology and musicology
Musical works are studied in terms of their historical, structural
and stylistic characteristics.

Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:

1. Recognise and articulate some of the historical forces that

shaped the major strands of Western art music through
studying selected representative works;
2. Critically read scholarly sources by undertaking a guided
reading activity;
3. Evaluate and analyse scholarly sources pertinent to
Western art music research;
4. Undertake a Western art music research project utilising

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