MUI1003 Historical Musicology 1: Turning Points in Western Music (FOART)

Units 1.0 (Music) Band 1

Synopsis

This course explores specific stages in music history at which significant and influential stylistic change occurred. These stages were usually marked by outstanding examples of originality and creativity. While giving primary emphasis to the 'change' events, the course will also place the stages within a 'before and after' context, showing why the innovations occurred and why they mattered.