A. Bachelor Degree Programme in Musicology

1. Required Modules

B01 Module - Orientation Period

B01.1 StEOP: Principles of Music and musicological Research

• 160001 VO Principles of Music
• 160005 UE Academic Working Methods in Musicology (UE, 5 ECTS)

B01.2 StEOP: Introduction to Musicology

• 160002 VO Overview of Historical Musicology
• 160003 VO Overview of Systematic Musicology
• 160004 VO Overview of Ethnomusicology

B02 Module - Music Theory

B02.1 Module - Music Theory and Musical Structures I

• 160006 UE Harmony 1
• 160039 UE Musical analysis: form and structure in popular music

B02.2 Module - Music Theory and Musical Structures II

• 160037 UE Harmony 2
• 160038 UE Ethnomusicological Exercise

B03 Basic Module - History of European Music before and after 1600

• 160010 UE Introduction to Musical Palaeography
• 160014 VO Foundations of Music until 1600
• 160031 VO Musical Rhetorical Figures and the Affect Theory in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
• 160043 UE Disciplining music: Positions and periods of a history of music theory from antiquity through 1600
• 160047 VO Music History II (15th to 17th century)
• 160051 PS Instrumental music in the 16th century
• 160054 PS Piano music in the 19th century (ca 1830-1860)
• 160066 PS Johannes Brahms and the Early Music

B04 Basic Module - Ethnomusicology

• 160023 VO Music of the World - Overview 2
• 160024 VO The music of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands
• 160033 VO African Music I
• 160038 UE Ethnomusicological Exercise
• 160044 VO Introduction to Music Traditions of the Mediterranean Island of Crete
• 160053 UE The music of the maracatus-nação - A music analytical and practical introduction
• 160056 VO Introduction to Ethnomusicology
• 160058 PS PS Ethnomusicology
• 160070 PS [ de en ] Middel Eastern music and migration

B05 Basic Module - Systematic Musicology

• 160019 VO Introduction to Systematic Musicology
• 160041 UE Sound follows function - Use and effect of music and sound in a branding context. - An inventory of sound identities

B06 Basic Module - Contemporary Music and Popular Music

• 160012 UE Texts by composers of the 20th and 21st century - (reading course)
• 160023 VO Music of the World - Overview 2
• 160025 PS Popular Music
• 160029 VO Female composers of the presence
• 160033 VO African Music I
• 160039 UE Musical analysis: form and structure in popular music
• 160052 VO "Deutscher Schlager" Vol. 2 - nice and sexy. From Caterina Valentine to Helene Fischer, from Bully Buhlan to Andreas Gabalier.
• 160069 UE [ en ] Analysing Popular Music

B07 Basic Module - Source Study, Source Work and Source Criticism

• 160010 UE Introduction to Musical Palaeography
• 160012 UE Texts by composers of the 20th and 21st century - (reading course)
• 160060 PS The Toccata in the 17th century
• 160061 UE Singing Mensural Notation - Reflecting Performance Practices

B08 Final Module

• 160009 SE The Masses of Heinrich Isaac
• 160011 SE Music around 1900
• 160015 SE Utopias. Topics and perspectives in current Beethoven research
• 160020 SE What do we hear when we are listening to music? The miracle of auditory perception (Psychoacoustics)
• 160025 PS Popular Music
• 160034 SE Soundtrack as a political statment
• 160035 SE Parnassus musicus Ferdinandaeus" (1615) in context of the early Baroque few voiced motet
• 160048 SE Movements of musicians in production and perception of music
• 160051 PS Instrumental music in the 16th century
• 160054 PS Piano music in the 19th century (ca 1830-1860)
• 160055 SE Eduard Hanslick´s "On the Musically Beautiful - Text, Context, Reception
• 160057 SE SE Ethnomusicology
• 160058 PS PS Ethnomusicology
• 160062 SE Biographies of composers and musicians: questions and problems
• 160063 SE The "Parnassus musicus Ferdinandaeus" (1615) in context of the early Baroque few voiced motet.
• 160066 PS Johannes Brahms and the Early Music
• 160067 PS The acoustics or musical instruments

2. Elective Modules - Advanced Modules (VM) / Supplementary Modules (EM)

B09 VM History of European Music before 1600

• 160043 UE Disciplining music: Positions and periods of a history of music theory from antiquity through 1600
• 160047 VO Music History II (15th to 17th century)
• 160061 UE Singing Mensural Notation - Reflecting Performance Practices

B10 VM History of European Music after 1600

• 160011 SE Music around 1900
• 160013 EX Leipzig as a city of music
• 160015 SE Utopias. Topics and perspectives in current Beethoven research
• 160031 VO Musical Rhetorical Figures and the Affect Theory in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
• 160035 SE Parnassus musicus Ferdinandaeus" (1615) in context of the early Baroque few voiced motet
• 160047 VO Music History II (15th to 17th century)
• 160051 PS Instrumental music in the 16th century
• 160054 PS Piano music in the 19th century (ca 1830-1860)
• 160055 SE Eduard Hanslick´s "On the Musically Beautiful - Text, Context, Reception
• 160060 PS The Toccata in the 17th century
• 160062 SE Biographies of composers and musicians: questions and problems
• 160063 SE The "Parnassus musicus Ferdinandaeus" (1615) in context of the early Baroque few voiced motet.
• 160065 UE Introduction to historically informed performance practice (opera of the 17th and 18th century)
• 160066 PS Johannes Brahms and the Early Music

B11 VM Ethnomusicology

• 160056 VO Introduction to Ethnomusicology
• 160023 VO Music of the World - Overview 2
• 160033 VO African Music I
• 160027 VO Music -Today as Manipulation and Play with Sounds and their Meaning
• 160024 VO The music of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands
• 160044 VO Introduction to Music Traditions of the Mediterranean Island of Crete
• 160058 PS PS Ethnomusicology
• 160070 PS [ de en ] Middel Eastern music and migration
• 160053 UE The music of the maracatus-nação - A music analytical and practical introduction
• 160026 UE Qualitative research methods in musicology
• 160038 UE Ethnomusicological Exercise
• 160022 EX Field trip to Madagascar

B12 VM Systematic Musicology

• 160020 SE What do we hear when we are listening to music? The miracle of auditory perception (Psychoacoustics)
• 160026 UE Qualitative research methods in musicology
• 160027 VO Music -Today as Manipulation and Play with Sounds and their Meaning
• 160041 UE Sound follows function - Use and effect of music and sound in a branding context. - An inventory of sound identities
• 160042 VO Music preferences: Development, functions and measurement across the lifespan
• 160048 SE Movements of musicians in production and perception of music
• 160049 PR Sound engineering and architectural acoustics in practice
• 160050 PR Pathology of the ear, hearing aid technology and audiometry in practice
• 160067 PS The acoustics or musical instruments

B13 VM Contemporary Music

• 160012 UE Texts by composers of the 20th and 21st century - (reading course)
• 160013 EX Leipzig as a city of music
• 160027 VO Music -Today as Manipulation and Play with Sounds and their Meaning
• 160029 VO Female composers of the presence

B14 VM Popular Music

• 160022 EX Field trip to Madagascar
• 160023 VO Music of the World - Overview 2
• 160024 VO The music of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands
• 160025 PS Popular Music
• 160026 UE Qualitative research methods in musicology
• 160027 VO Music -Today as Manipulation and Play with Sounds and their Meaning
• 160033 VO African Music I
• 160034 SE Soundtrack as a political statment
• 160044 VO Introduction to Music Traditions of the Mediterranean Island of Crete
• 160052 VO "Deutscher Schlager" Vol. 2 - nice and sexy. From Caterina Valentine to Helene Fischer, from Bully Buhlan to Andreas Gabalier.
• 160053 UE The music of the maracatus-nação - A music analytical and practical introduction
• 160069 UE [ en ] Analysing Popular Music

B15 VM Source Study, Source Work and Source Criticism

• 160012 UE Texts by composers of the 20th and 21st century - (reading course)
• 160031 VO Musical Rhetorical Figures and the Affect Theory in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
• 160060 PS The Toccata in the 17th century
• 160061 UE Singing Mensural Notation - Reflecting Performance Practices
• 160065 UE Introduction to historically informed performance practice (opera of the 17th and 18th century)

B16 EM Music and Society

• 160011 SE Music around 1900
• 160013 EX Leipzig as a city of music
• 160023 VO Music of the World - Overview 2
• 160024 VO The music of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands
• 160033 VO African Music I
• 160034 SE Soundtrack as a political statment
• 160040 UE Current State of Musicology
• 160041 UE Sound follows function - Use and effect of music and sound in a branding context. - An inventory of sound identities
• 160042 VO Music preferences: Development, functions and measurement across the lifespan
• 160044 VO Introduction to Music Traditions of the Mediterranean Island of Crete
• 160052 VO "Deutscher Schlager" Vol. 2 - nice and sexy. From Caterina Valentine to Helene Fischer, from Bully Buhlan to Andreas Gabalier.
• 160070 PS [ de en ] Middel Eastern music and migration

B17 EM Analysis and Theoretical Interpretation of Music

• 160027 VO Music -Today as Manipulation and Play with Sounds and their Meaning
• 160031 VO Musical Rhetorical Figures and the Affect Theory in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
• 160035 SE Parnassus musicus Ferdinandaeus" (1615) in context of the early Baroque few voiced motet
• 160043 UE Disciplining music: Positions and periods of a history of music theory from antiquity through 1600
• 160051 PS Instrumental music in the 16th century
• 160053 UE The music of the maracatus-nação - A music analytical and practical introduction
• 160054 PS Piano music in the 19th century (ca 1830-1860)
• 160060 PS The Toccata in the 17th century
• 160061 UE Singing Mensural Notation - Reflecting Performance Practices
• 160066 PS Johannes Brahms and the Early Music
• 160069 UE [ en ] Analysing Popular Music

B18 EM Music Philosophy, Music Aesthetics and Musical Hermeneutics

• 160015 SE Utopias. Topics and perspectives in current Beethoven research
• 160027 VO Music -Today as Manipulation and Play with Sounds and their Meaning
• 160031 VO Musical Rhetorical Figures and the Affect Theory in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
• 160043 UE Disciplining music: Positions and periods of a history of music theory from antiquity through 1600
• 160055 SE Eduard Hanslick´s "On the Musically Beautiful - Text, Context, Reception
• 160066 PS Johannes Brahms and the Early Music

B19 EM Current Musicology

• 160034 SE Soundtrack as a political statment
• 160040 UE Current State of Musicology
• 160062 SE Biographies of composers and musicians: questions and problems
• 160069 UE [ en ] Analysing Popular Music

B20 EM Applied Musicology I

• 160045 PR Digital Music Edition with MEI
• 160049 PR Sound engineering and architectural acoustics in practice
• 160050 PR Pathology of the ear, hearing aid technology and audiometry in practice
• 160060 PS The Toccata in the 17th century
• 160061 UE Singing Mensural Notation - Reflecting Performance Practices
• 160064 PR Music programs on the radio