UNDERGRADUATE
MUSI1025 The Art of Listening
Course Type: core/compulsory for music majors, free elective for others
Prerequisite: NIL
Prerequisite: NIL
Instructor: Dr. Jose Vicente NEGLIA
Semester: Second Semester 2024/25
Time: 12:30pm–2:20pm, Monday
Venue: CPD-LG1.22 Rehearsal Room
Semester: Second Semester 2024/25
Time: 12:30pm–2:20pm, Monday
Venue: CPD-LG1.22 Rehearsal Room
Music moves us, and we know not why, and it is harder still to explain what we are listening to. Taking these issues as a point of departure, MUSI1025 introduces students to a wide array of music, as well as a range of ways of thinking, talking, and writing about music. Attention will be given to the development of listening skills and the vocabulary necessary to articulate an engaged response to the repertoire studied. The majority of music dealt with will be drawn from the classical music repertoire, with supplementary examples from other musical cultures when appropriate.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to describe verbally and in writing a broad range of music genres and styles by listening critically to their musical features.
Assessment will be based on tests, short written assignments, and participation.
- understanding musical form and structure
- Western art music genres and forms (e.g. symphonic music, opera, etc.)
- music styles and forms from around the world (e.g. traditional and folk musics)
- popular music songs forms
- thinking critically about musical taste
Selected readings and listening/viewing materials are either available on Moodle or on reserve at the Main Library.