Entry requirements

General entry requirements

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students will be able to

- account for the main features of the history of Western art music with regard to central actors and works, genres and styles, as well as the social and institutional context of music

- describe and determine music from the Western art music tradition.

Content

The course is an orientation in the history of Western art music. It consists of a chronological review with examples of music that are representative of each era, combined with a problematisation of how music relates to the society in which it was created and used.

Instruction

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and group exercises.

Assessment

Written exams and seminar assignments.

If there are special reasons, the examiner may make exceptions from the specified examination method and allow a student to be examined in another way. Special reasons may be, for example, notification of targeted study support from the university's coordinator.