Module Details

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Title ART SONG
Code MUSI326
Coordinator Prof KM Forkert-Smith
Music
Kenneth.Smith@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 6 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

To consider how the genre of the Western Art-Song was established and continued from 1800-2000. To introduce a range of different composers and musical styles within the genre and the technical vocabulary needed for discussing these style. To explore examples of the genre with a variety of aesthetic, hermeneutic and analytical strategies (using both scores, recordings and analysis software).


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will have the ability to define the main elements that constitute the art-song.

(LO2) Students will have the ability to evaluate the main innovations within that genre over a 200 year period.

(LO3) Students will have the ability to differentiate between the composers/styles of music within the genre using appropriate musical vocabulary and techniques.

(LO4) Students will have the ability to engage with and critically evaluate primary and secondary sources, to discuss relevant material and ideas, and to prepare well-organised and well-researched written work.

(S1) Research management developing a research strategy, project planning and delivery, risk management, formulating questions, selecting literature, using primary/secondary/diverse sources, collecting & using data, applying research methods, applying ethics

(S2) Problem solving/ critical thinking/ creativity analysing facts and situations and applying creative thinking to develop appropriate solutions

(S3) Literacy application of literacy, ability to produce clear, structured written work and oral literacy - including listening and questioning

(S4) Communication, listening and questioning respecting others, contributing to discussions, communicating in a foreign language, influencing, presentations


Syllabus

 

Specific topics will vary according to staff research interest, but will likely include: defining the genre: codes and conventions; key figures in its development (e.g. Schubert, Wolf, Musorgsky, Strauss, The ‘Schumanns’, Zemlinsky, Charles Ives, Vaughan Williams, Debussy, Nadia Boulanger, Messiaen, Berio,); innovations (establishment / subversion of the genre; use of art-song to subvert other genres); influence of context (e.g. chamber music) on its development; integration of art-song into other genres; development of the voice as a catalyst to further stylistic changes; analysis of performance styles and recordings using specialist software.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Lectures introduce key concepts and perspectives
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Unscheduled Directed Student Hours (time spent away from the timetabled sessions but directed by the teaching staff): 11

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Seminars facilitate further discussion of material raised in lectures by way of small group discussion
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Unscheduled Directed Student Hours (time spent away from the timetabled sessions but directed by the teaching staff): 33


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   12

      12

24

48
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 102
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 1: Presentation There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  15-20 Minutes    40       
2500-word essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When): Semester 1 - This will happen during  2500-word essay    60       

Recommended Texts

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