160007 UE Analysing Popular Music (2024S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 12.02.2024 09:00 to Th 22.02.2024 12:00
- Registration is open from Fr 23.02.2024 09:00 to We 28.02.2024 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 15.03.2024 12:00
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 05.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 19.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 09.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 16.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 23.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 30.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 07.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 14.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 21.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 28.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 04.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 11.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 18.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
- Tuesday 25.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Popular music means so much to us, and yet we often forget how much of that meaning depends on the situation within which we hear it. Album art, music videos, the performance or attitude of the sing-er/band, the lyrics, the subculture involved, and many other factors influence what we hear and our response to it. The aim of this course is to develop a toolkit for analysing how musical texts, usually a recording or a performance, interact with their various listeners and contexts to generate meaning.Each class will introduce a method of analysis, which we will then practice using in class on a number of examples. Further practice will be offered in a series of exercises to be completed at home.
Assessment and permitted materials
Four exercises during the course--10% each.
Final analysis (<3000 words)--60%
80-100% = 1; 70-79 = 2; 60-69 = 3; 50-59 = 4.
Final analysis (<3000 words)--60%
80-100% = 1; 70-79 = 2; 60-69 = 3; 50-59 = 4.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Course ObjectivesBy the end of the course, students will be able to:
- understand that meaning is generated in the interaction between text, listener, and context,
- identify and describe the relevant carriers of meaning in the various contexts in which popular music is heard,
- analyse how music shapes meaning in those contexts,
- analyse popular music as part of a multimedia presentation,
- demonstrate critical thinking about how social, political and economic forces shape the meanings attributed to popular music in ways listeners are not always aware of,
- understand that meaning is generated in the interaction between text, listener, and context,
- identify and describe the relevant carriers of meaning in the various contexts in which popular music is heard,
- analyse how music shapes meaning in those contexts,
- analyse popular music as part of a multimedia presentation,
- demonstrate critical thinking about how social, political and economic forces shape the meanings attributed to popular music in ways listeners are not always aware of,
Examination topics
The course will cover topics from among the following:
1. Music, multimedia, and meaning.
2. Timbre, arrangement, and rhythm in popular music.
3. Harmony, melody, and phrasing in popular music.
4. Analysing recorded music.
5. Album art and publicity.
6. Analysing performance.
7. Analysing genre.
8. Analysing music video
9. Popular music in television and film.
10. Popular music in advertising.
1. Music, multimedia, and meaning.
2. Timbre, arrangement, and rhythm in popular music.
3. Harmony, melody, and phrasing in popular music.
4. Analysing recorded music.
5. Album art and publicity.
6. Analysing performance.
7. Analysing genre.
8. Analysing music video
9. Popular music in television and film.
10. Popular music in advertising.
Reading list
Nicholas Cook, Analysing Musical Multimedia (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998).
David Machin, Analysing Popular Music: Image, Sound and Text (London: Sage, 2010).
Richard Middleton (ed.), Reading Pop (Oxford: Clarendon, 2000).
Allan F. Moore (ed.), Analyzing Popular Music (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Allan F. Moore, Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song (Farnham: Ashgate, 2012).
David Machin, Analysing Popular Music: Image, Sound and Text (London: Sage, 2010).
Richard Middleton (ed.), Reading Pop (Oxford: Clarendon, 2000).
Allan F. Moore (ed.), Analyzing Popular Music (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Allan F. Moore, Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song (Farnham: Ashgate, 2012).
Association in the course directory
BA: POP-V, FRE
MA (2008): M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M11, M14
MA (2022): E.POP, H.POP, S.POP
MA (2008): M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M11, M14
MA (2022): E.POP, H.POP, S.POP
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