Entry requirements

The course is open to students admitted to the faculty Master programme and courses, or to students with a Bachelor's degree.

Learning outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, the student will be expected to,

- have acquired an up-to-date knowledge of contemporary research on European music in the period ca 1500–1750, including relevant methodological and theoretical approaches

- have developed an ability to critically evaluate and apply different theoretical and conceptual perspectives on European music of same period

- have developed and improved the skills needed to define topics suitable for contribution to research in music history, and for analysing the topics and presenting the analyses in concise and comprehensible ways

- have acquired advanced skills and knowledge in musical philology, i.e., the scholarly study of musical sources, and be able to independently use these skills in order to solve research tasks

Content

In this course we study music from the so-called Early Modern period, c.1500-c.1750, from perspectives of regional and cultural exchange across national. confessional and linguistic borders and conventions.

The course includes the following themes:

- mobility and exchange of musicians, musical artefacts, techniques and ideas

- the acculturation, adaptation and imitation of musical culture and knowledge

- European collections of music, their provenance and history

- the scholarly dealing with musical sources, such as: dating, provenience, attribution, paleography and paper studies

- genre traditions, styles and analytical approaches relevant to the historical period in question

Instruction

Lectures and seminars

Assessment

Written coursework assignments and active participation in seminars.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.