MU5002
Sacred Music in the West: History and Context
2024-2025
30
15
SCQF level 11
1
Academic year(s): 2024-2025
SCOTCAT credits : 30
ECTS credits : 15
Level : SCQF level 11
Semester: 1
Availability restrictions: The module is restricted to students on the MLitt in Sacred Music, except with the permission of the module coordinator.
Planned timetable:
This module focuses on the history and development of sacred music-making in a variety of confessional traditions informed by Western musical practice. Students explore when, where, and why Christians have made music in their worship. In doing so, they consider how this music was shaped, for example, by its liturgical context; by the geographical location of worship; by local and global patronage; by the development of instrumental and other technologies; and by the political and social life of wider society. Students engage critically with important works of sacred music, and consider the relationship between these and wider Western art and culture, both historically and in the present day. In considering different Christian denominations and worship styles, students explore the changing historical role of the church musician, and reflect upon what it means to be a church musician today.
Weekly contact: 1 lecture (11 weeks), 2 seminar (11 weeks)
Scheduled learning hours: 33
Guided independent study hours: 275
As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%
Re-assessment: Coursework = 100%
Module coordinator: Dr T A Wilkinson
Module teaching staff: Dr Tom Wilkinson, Dr Michael Ferguson, Dr Jane Pettegree, Dr Michael Downes