Module Details

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Title POST-WAGNERIAN MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY
Code MUSI230
Coordinator Prof KM Forkert-Smith
Music
Kenneth.Smith@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

To introduce a range of genres by various European composers that were influenced by Wagnerian music drama.
To consider music’s response to philosophical trends at the turn of the 20th  century.
To explore the post-Wagnerian repertoire with a range of aesthetic, hermeneutic and analytical strategies (using scores, recorded performances).
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.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will be anle to engage with philosophical ideas as they apply to fin de siècle music.

(LO2) Students will be able to evaluate the relevance of philosophical discourses in musical.

(LO3) Students will be able to assess the impact of Wagner across a range of European composers.

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral.

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written.

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Influencing skills – argumentation.

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis.

(S5) Time and project management - Project planning.

(S6) Global citizenship - Cultural awareness.

(S7) Personal attributes and qualities - Flexibility/Adaptability.


Syllabus

 

Weekly topics will respond to developments in scholarship and in other areas of UG Music provision. Typical topic areas include: Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard in Wagner’s Tristan, Parsifal & Meistersingers Bartók’s Bagatelles and the Wagnerian Elegy Strauss, Mahler and Broken Romantic Narratives Nietzsche and Skryabin’s Struggle Musical Symbolism and the Apocalypse: Skryabin and Ives Debussy Preludes and the ‘Object’ Schoenberg’s Second String Quartet: A Tonal Revolution Wilde, Zemlinsky and A Florentine Tragedy: Desire, Identity, Erotic Violence and Mirrors Szymanowski: The Piano’s Metopes and the Violin’s Mythologies Ravel and the Erotic Machine Wagner, Charles Ives and the New England Transcendentalists


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Lectures introduce core concepts and material
Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Seminars facilitate further discussion of material raised in lectures by way of small group discussion

Other- Directed Learning activity - 12 hours


Teaching Schedule

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

        12

12

36
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 114
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. Assessment Schedule (When): 2  15-20 Minutes    40       
Assessment 2 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When): 2  -2500 words    60       

Recommended Texts

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