Course Number: 205*/3.0 3L (Course Code Explanation)

Open To: B.Mus. and B.Mus./B.Ed. students, non-B.Mus. students

Area(s): Musicology/Ethnomusicology

Instructor(s): Dr. Clara Marvin

Term(s): B

Day(s) and Time(s): M: 12.30-1.30, W: 11.30-12.30, Th: 1.30-2.30

Room: HLH 124

Calendar Description

An examination of musical styles, structures and historical movements of the Western art tradition from the Age of Antiquity, to the Middle Ages, through to the Renaissance from circa 500 B.C.E. to circa 1600 A.D.

NOTE Non-Music students holding Royal Conservatory Grade III Harmony may enrol in this course with permission of the School.

Prerequisite(s) / Corequisite(s) / Exclusion(s)

• PREREQUISITE MUSC 103/3.0.
• COREQUISITE MUSC 191/6.0.
• EXCLUSION No more than 3.0 units from MUSC 101/3.0; MUSC 205/3.0.

Additional Information

An intensive study of the history of western art music from the Age of Antiquity, through to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (ca. 500 B.C. - ca. 1600 A.D.), with concentration on the musical/textual stylistic and structural developments of representative genres from an historical, musicological as well as [purely] analytical perspective.

Required Texts

• Donald J. Grout - A History of Western Music - Claude V. Palisca and J. Peter Burkholder, 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 2006
• Claude V. Palisca and J. Peter Burkholder, ed. Norton Anthology of Western Music, 5th ed., Volume 1, New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 2006

Grade Distribution

1. Mid-term Examination: 20%
2. Final Examination: 35%
3. Final Essay: 30%
4. Attendance: 5%
5. Assignment: 10%