Overview
In this unit, you will study the history and cultural development of western art music in the 17th and 18th centuries. Your studies will focus on prominent musicians, composers and their repertoire through the analysis of scores and recordings. You will also investigate important forms and instruments; aural characteristics of the music, as well as the technological, sociological and political events that influenced musical trends during this period.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
For entry into this unit, you must have completed 36 credit points in this course.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
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- Describe the important musical, structural and aural characteristics of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
- Analyse musical works from prominent art music composers of the Baroque and Classical eras
- Describe the contribution of significant composers and musicians to the development of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
- Contextualise the principal stylistic trends of western art music within the important social and political movements of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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Module/Topic
Early Baroque
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Form, Bach and fugue analysis
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The Baroque concerto and Vivaldi
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Bach and the concerto
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Opera and vocal music of the late baroque
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Comparative essay due
Comparative Essay Due: Week 5 Friday (12 Aug 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
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Instrumental music in the late 17th century
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Music in the early 18th century
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Early Classical opera
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Analytical essay and score annotation due
Analytical Essay & Score Annotation Due: Week 8 Friday (9 Sept 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
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Instrumental music of early-mid 18th century
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Haydn
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Mozart
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Beethoven
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Pre-recorded Comparative Presentation due
Pre-recorded Comparative Presentation: Baroque vs Classical Due: Week 12 Friday (7 Oct 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
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1 Written Assessment
Length: 1500 - 2000 words
Through the comparison of given works by Vivaldi and Bach, you are to demonstrate the validity of the following statement:
"In simple terms, Bach saw music as an intellectual pursuit, while Vivaldi was primarily concerned with how the music sounded. Counterpoint and all-pervasion motivic relationships in the service of God on one hand, and aural surfaces that conveyed vivid emotionality on the other" (Predota, 2016)
Assignment Format:
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Submit essay as a Word document
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Use 12 point Times New Roman font for the body of the essay.
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1.5 spacing throughout
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Refer to the scores. Use time frames for the YouTube clips or bar numbers, images etc for the printed scores.
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Include in-text references (citations) throughout the assignment.
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Include a Reference List at the end of the assignment in APA style, 7th edition.
You should have a minimum of 5 references for this assignment
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Do NOT cite from Wikipedia or other websites that do not have an acknowledged author.
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Include in your reference list all music scores used, CD and DVD recordings, YouTube sources, as well as books and academic journal articles.
Week 5 Friday (12 Aug 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Upload via moodle
Week 7 Friday (2 Sept 2022)
via moodle
- Clear introduction and conclusion (10%)
- Accuracy of information and depth of treatment of the topic (25%)
- Detailed comparison of both pieces and justification of viewpoint on given statement (25%)
- Ability to write clearly and logically (15%)
- Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and clear layout (10%)
- Correct use of APA 7th edition style for referencing (15%)
- Describe the important musical, structural and aural characteristics of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
- Analyse musical works from prominent art music composers of the Baroque and Classical eras
- Describe the contribution of significant composers and musicians to the development of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
2 Written Assessment
Length: 1000 - 1500 words
Investigate the development of a given Classical keyboard sonata. You must submit an annotated score and written discussion.
Assignment Format:
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Submit .pdf file of the score with your annotations (handwritten permitted)
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Submit Word .doc for your analytical essay
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Use 12 point Times New Roman font for the body of the essay
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1.5 spacing throughout
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Refer to the score in the analytical essay. Use specific bar numbers from your annotated score.
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Include in-text references (citations) throughout the assignment.
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Include a Reference List at the end of the assignment in APA style, 7th edition.
You should have a minimum of 5 references for this assignment
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Do NOT cite from Wikipedia or other websites that do not have an acknowledged author.
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Include in your reference list all music scores used, CD and DVD recordings, Youtube sources, as well as books and academic journal articles.
Week 8 Friday (9 Sept 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Upload via moodle
Week 10 Friday (23 Sept 2022)
via moodle
- Clear introduction and conclusion (10%)
- Accuracy of annotated score and topic (25%)
- Detailed discussion and analysis of topic with references to the score (25%)
- Ability to write clearly and logically (15%)
- Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and clear layout (10%)
- Correct use of APA 7th edition style for referencing (15%)
- Describe the important musical, structural and aural characteristics of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
- Analyse musical works from prominent art music composers of the Baroque and Classical eras
- Describe the contribution of significant composers and musicians to the development of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
3 Written Assessment
Mode: Pre-recorded presentation using PowerPoint
Length: 5 - 10 mins
Choose two solo operatic works, one from the Baroque era and one from the Classical era. With direct references to the scores and recordings, compare and contrast the music elements of each.You must provide:
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Discussion about your chosen composers and how they link to other operatic composers of their period
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Distinctive features or characteristics of each era in the chosen music, and how they are incorporated in your chosen pieces, showing similarities and differences between the two pieces
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Appropriate score excerpts, images and video excerpts to support your discussion
You may use YouTube clips (appropriately referenced and included in the reference list) to support your argument. You cannot use any of the examples that were discussed in the tutorials.
Presentation description:
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5 - 10 minute pre-recorded spoken presentation, as a video recording (a zoom recording will suffice).
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The presentation should include a PowerPoint including a title slide with your name and title of the case study.
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The final slide should include your reference list. You may use text, images and video files (no longer than 60 seconds in length).
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At the end of the presentation, you must submit a PDF of the PowerPoint slides through Moodle. Do not just read your document to the audience, but use your notes only as a guide. All technological issues are your responsibility.
Week 12 Friday (7 Oct 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Upload all media via moodle
Exam Week Friday (21 Oct 2022)
via moodle
- Clear introduction and conclusion in presentation (10%)
- Accuracy of information and depth of treatment of the topic (25%)
- Appropriate and clear Powerpoint presentation to support the argument (20%)
- Ability to present the argument clearly and logically during the spoken presentation (25%)
- Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and clear layout of slides (10%)
- Correct use of APA 7th edition style for the reference list on final slide (10%)
- Describe the important musical, structural and aural characteristics of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
- Describe the contribution of significant composers and musicians to the development of western art music of the 17th and 18th centuries
- Contextualise the principal stylistic trends of western art music within the important social and political movements of the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
