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Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music (MUSI40058)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
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Overview
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An examination of examples of Western music from Hildegaard to the present, including some twentieth-century “popular” songs, which contain one or all of the themes of sex, death, and the ecstatic in their compositional circumstances, title, pre-compositional intent, or lyrics (if song or aria). Consideration of these works will be viewed through perspectives from key cultural theories of the late twentieth or early twenty-first century.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- demonstrate a deeper understanding of, and knowledge of contemporary and historical attitudes towards, music that embodies the elements of sex, death, and/or the ecstatic in music;
- evaluate and criticise the different ways in which people write about sex, death and the ecstatic in music;
- analyse and articulate the workings of sex, death, and/or the ecstatic in music compositions;
- demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the aesthetics and historical context of the work presented in class with regard to one or more of the qualities under consideration in this subject.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should possess:
- a capacity to make critical, informed and sophisticated responses to new musical ideas, methodologies and theoretical frameworks;
- the ability to engage with new ideas and respond to them in a thoughtful, critical and in-depth way;
- the ability to communicate effectively;
- knowledge, skills and practices which provide a basis for independent critical inquiry and research-based writing.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
AMEB Grade 5 or equivalent, or permission of the coordinator.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Four (4) short written projects - Weeks 3, 6, 9, 12 (4 x 7.5% each)
| From Week 3 to Week 12 | 30% |
A class presentation, which is also submitted in written-up form (of 1,200 words)
| From Week 9 to Week 12 | 30% |
A take-home exam essay
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Linda Kouvaras Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour seminar per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Delivery
This subject is co-delivered with MUSI30015 Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Select readings, available through Readings Online via LMS.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Music Informal specialisation Composition Informal specialisation Performance Informal specialisation Musicology/Ethnomusicology - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022