This course is designed to introduce honours students to the conceptual bases, influential models, and guiding principles of musical historiography and current academic music criticism. 

1 x 1hr Seminar; 

1 x 1hr Lecture over 10 weeks as scheduled on Mycampus

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Presentation (15 minutes) - 40%

Essay (2500 words) - 60%

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

This course aims to:

■ introduce honours students to the conceptual bases of music historiography and current academic music criticism as represented in selected influential music-historical scholarship

■ foster a meta-critical perspective on music writing of all kinds, through close study of key traditions, models, and debates

■ develop a sense of the entanglement of musical writing in ongoing debates about culture and identity

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ evaluate historiographical models deployed in selected work or works of music-historical scholarship

■ apply a considered historiographical perspective to selected music repertoires and/or practices

■ analyze how key historiographical concerns impinge on the experience and study of music

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.