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MUSC435 Advanced Studies in Musicology B

10 cp
Prerequisites Entry into the Bachelor of Music (Honours) or Graduate Diploma in Music (Composition or Performance) courses

A study of selected topics chosen from the following discipline areas in historical and systematic musicology: notation of music before 1600, performance practice, and textual criticism and music editing. Topics to be investigated will be negotiated according to staff availability and student demand, and will be chosen from the following broad areas:

  • a study of selected forms of notation in polyphonic western music up to c1600, including transcription exercises from original notation to produce modern editions;
  • an investigation of selected problems in the performance of music from the Middles Ages to the present, including rhythm, pitch, style, ornamentation and performance mediums and techniques;
  • a study of textual criticism and principles of music editing, based on selected manuscript and printed sources of music, and including exercises in producing modern editions from original sources.

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