3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1020913AER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten minstens 30 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau behaald hebben.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Christine Van Den Buys (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
90 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course unit offers an introduction to the history of Western music with a great focus on music theater and more specifically on the operas of W.A. Mozart. Three opera performances will be also attended at the Royal Opera La Monnaie in Brussels, in paricular Mozart's big trilogy: Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi fan tutte. Compositional developments, key genres and representative works are embedded in the history of art and culture through three loci for musical production and reception: monastery/church, court and city.

 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Muziekgeschiedenis, Bruno Forment, Canvas
Additional info

The course text, program brochures of the opera performances of the Royal Opera La Monnaie and listening examples are made available free of cherge via the digital learning platform Canvas. The opera performances are offered at a preferential rate by the Royal Opera La Monnaie at a rate of € 20 per performance.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student gains insights into important periods in the history of Western music. 

The student is able to link musical evolutions to broader art and  cultural historical developments.

The student is able to reflect ciritcally on the origin and development of musical styles and genres.

The student has an adequeate vocabulary for communications on music in an objective way.

The student is able to formulate nuanced answers to essential music-historical issues.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Four questions: two summary questions (7 points each) on the course text and lectures, one question (3 points) on the chapters to be read in Grout & Palisca, and one question (3 points) on a listening example.

Additional info regarding evaluation

the asssessment consists of the following assignment categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark

The following assignments must be completes within the written Exam category:
Written Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.
Explanation: Four questions: two synthesizing overvieuw questions (6 pts each) about the syllabus and lectures, one question about the visited opera performances (6pts.) And one (2pts.) about a listening example.

 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)