Requisites: Pre-requisite: [Module MUS07145] Introduction to Musicology 1

In this module you will examine performance practice across a range of styles and historical periods, and you will further develop your understanding of common practice harmony and counterpoint.Within this module, the study of performance embraces the fields of ethnomusicology (the study of music in its context in society and culture), organology (the study of musical instruments and their classifications), historical musicology across a range of musical styles, and direct engagement with sound and musical notation.Pastiche exercises in harmony and counterpoint will enhance your understanding of voice leading and harmonic practice that are indispensable in analytically engaging with many forms of popular and classical music that you will work with during this programme.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Examine specific case studies of performance practice using a core framework and set of research methods.

LO2: Discuss social and technological issues that impact on performance practice in the styles and periods studied.

LO3: Understand, differentiate, and describe various stylistic features of different musical genres and periods based upon aural comprehension, empirical observation of performance, the study of notation (where appropriate), and contextual readings and research.

LO4: Develop insight into the application of specific techniques of harmony and counterpoint.