Musicology

Bachelor Musicology (636 [3] - Version 2016)

Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)

STEOP1 Compulsory module: Principles of Music (4 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Principles of Music - StuZo Hof 7
• 160001 VO ( STEOP ) Principles of Music

STEOP2 Compulsory module: Overview of Musicology (12 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Survey in Musicology - Seminarraum 10 (1. OG)
• 160002 VO ( STEOP ) Survey in Historical Musicology
• 160003 VO ( OV STEOP ) Survey in Ethnomusicology
• 160004 VO ( STEOP ) Survey in Systematic Musicology

Group of compulsory modules: Academic Writing and Research Methods (37 ECTS)

ARB Compulsory module: Academic Working Methods (5 ECTS)

• 160040 UE Academic Working Methods in Musicology

PRO Compulsory module: Introductory Seminars (12 ECTS)

• 160006 PS Music, Internet & Beyond: Musical Ethnographies in the Digital Era
• 160073 PS Historically Informed Performances of Baroque Music - History, Characteristics and Problems
• 160076 PS Neurological Aspects of Music Psychology
• 160077 PS The Golden Age of the Salzburg Court Music (1628-1802/03)

BAC Compulsory module: Bachelor’s Seminars (20 ECTS)

• 160005 SE Introduction to Amazonia Studies in the Context of Gender and Decolonial Theory - im Kontext der Gender und Decolonial Studies
• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160011 SE Computational Music Psychology - Linking Psychology and Computer Science within Systematic Musicology
• 160014 SE Grazie, prego, scusi … amore! Stereotypes in Italo Pop since 1945
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies
• 160021 SE Music and Nationalism
• 160023 SE Sound and Space - Geometrical and Statistical Room Acoustics (including Virtual Reality)
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 SE Paris, the Gothic, and the Urban Music Culture of the 13th Century
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers

Compulsory Modules (61 ECTS)

TON: Harmony, Counterpoint and Analysis (15 ECTS)

• 160041 UE Harmony 1
• 160042 UE Harmony 2
• 160043 UE Analysis of Musical Form and Structure in Theory and Practice
• 160044 UE Music Analysis: Twelve-Tone Music, the Serialism and the Serial Technique of Composition

HIS: Principles of Historical Musicology (13 ECTS)

• 160017 VO Foundations of Music until 1600
• 160045 UE Introduction to Musical Palaeography

MUG: Music History (8 ECTS)

• 160053 VO Music History IV (20th Century to Date)

ETH: Ethnomusicology (10 ECTS)

• 160022 UE Ethnomusicological Fieldwork Methods
• 160027 UE Ethnomusicological Exercise - Western African Music: Traditional and Modern

SYS: Systematic Musicology (10 ECTS)

• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160064 UE Project Planning and Practical Research in Music Psychology
• 160075 VO Introduction to Systematic Musicology

POP: Popular music (5 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules (36 ECTS)

HIS-V1 Elective module: Advanced Historical Musicology - Music until 1600 (12 ECTS)

• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance

HIS-V2: Advanced Historical Musicology - Music since 1600 (12 ECTS)

• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160053 VO Music History IV (20th Century to Date)
• 160073 PS Historically Informed Performances of Baroque Music - History, Characteristics and Problems
• 160077 PS The Golden Age of the Salzburg Court Music (1628-1802/03)

ETH-V: Advanced Ethnomusicology (12 ECTS)

• 160006 PS Music, Internet & Beyond: Musical Ethnographies in the Digital Era
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160027 UE Ethnomusicological Exercise - Western African Music: Traditional and Modern
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts

SYS-V: Advanced Systematic Musicology (12 ECTS)

• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160059 UE Sound Follows Function - Investigation and Design of Sound Identities in the Brand Context
• 160076 PS Neurological Aspects of Music Psychology

POP-V: Advanced Popular Music (12 ECTS)

• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society

PRX: Practical Applications of Musicology (12 ECTS)

• 160062 PR PA Systems and Music - An Introduction
• 160063 PR "Beethoven Images". Concept, Organization and Design of an Exhibition in the Theater an der Wien
• 160068 PR Working with Music Sources (18th/19th Century)
• 160070 PR Basics of Digital Musicology
• 160072 PR Applied Ethnomusicology
• 170712 UE Discussing Musical Theatre

FRE: Free Advanced Module: Topics in Musicology (12 ECTS)

• 160006 PS Music, Internet & Beyond: Musical Ethnographies in the Digital Era
• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160015 UE What Does "Music" Mean?
• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160031 VO Introduction to the Sociology of Music
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160053 VO Music History IV (20th Century to Date)
• 160059 UE Sound Follows Function - Investigation and Design of Sound Identities in the Brand Context
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts
• 160073 PS Historically Informed Performances of Baroque Music - History, Characteristics and Problems
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance
• 160076 PS Neurological Aspects of Music Psychology
• 160077 PS The Golden Age of the Salzburg Court Music (1628-1802/03)

INT: Interdisciplinary Musicology (12 ECTS)

• 090038 UE [ en ] Dancing Greekness
• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160009 UE Current Musicology
• 160015 UE What Does "Music" Mean?
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160031 VO Introduction to the Sociology of Music
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society
• 160076 PS Neurological Aspects of Music Psychology

Master Musicology (836)

Alternative Compulsory Modules (30 ECTS)

M01 Alternative Compulsory Module 1 (30 ECTS)

• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies
• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160019 UE Beethoven's Networks
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160034 SE Paris, the Gothic, and the Urban Music Culture of the 13th Century
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance

M02 Alternative Compulsory Module 2 (30 ECTS)

• 160005 SE Introduction to Amazonia Studies in the Context of Gender and Decolonial Theory - im Kontext der Gender und Decolonial Studies
• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160011 SE Computational Music Psychology - Linking Psychology and Computer Science within Systematic Musicology
• 160014 SE Grazie, prego, scusi … amore! Stereotypes in Italo Pop since 1945
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies
• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160019 UE Beethoven's Networks
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160021 SE Music and Nationalism
• 160023 SE Sound and Space - Geometrical and Statistical Room Acoustics (including Virtual Reality)
• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160031 VO Introduction to the Sociology of Music
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 SE Paris, the Gothic, and the Urban Music Culture of the 13th Century
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160059 UE Sound Follows Function - Investigation and Design of Sound Identities in the Brand Context
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance

M03 Alternative Compulsory Module 3 (30 ECTS)

• 160005 SE Introduction to Amazonia Studies in the Context of Gender and Decolonial Theory - im Kontext der Gender und Decolonial Studies
• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160011 SE Computational Music Psychology - Linking Psychology and Computer Science within Systematic Musicology
• 160014 SE Grazie, prego, scusi … amore! Stereotypes in Italo Pop since 1945
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies
• 160019 UE Beethoven's Networks
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160021 SE Music and Nationalism
• 160023 SE Sound and Space - Geometrical and Statistical Room Acoustics (including Virtual Reality)
• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160059 UE Sound Follows Function - Investigation and Design of Sound Identities in the Brand Context
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society
• 160062 PR PA Systems and Music - An Introduction
• 160063 PR "Beethoven Images". Concept, Organization and Design of an Exhibition in the Theater an der Wien
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers
• 160068 PR Working with Music Sources (18th/19th Century)
• 160069 PR PRX Professional Applications in Musicology (PR, 5 ECTS)
• 160070 PR Basics of Digital Musicology
• 160072 PR Applied Ethnomusicology

M04 Alternative Compulsory Module 4 (30 ECTS)

• 160005 SE Introduction to Amazonia Studies in the Context of Gender and Decolonial Theory - im Kontext der Gender und Decolonial Studies
• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160014 SE Grazie, prego, scusi … amore! Stereotypes in Italo Pop since 1945
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies
• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160019 UE Beethoven's Networks
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160021 SE Music and Nationalism
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160031 VO Introduction to the Sociology of Music
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 SE Paris, the Gothic, and the Urban Music Culture of the 13th Century
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance

M05 Alternative Compulsory Module 5 (30 ECTS)

• 160005 SE Introduction to Amazonia Studies in the Context of Gender and Decolonial Theory - im Kontext der Gender und Decolonial Studies
• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160009 UE Current Musicology
• 160011 SE Computational Music Psychology - Linking Psychology and Computer Science within Systematic Musicology
• 160014 SE Grazie, prego, scusi … amore! Stereotypes in Italo Pop since 1945
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies
• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160019 UE Beethoven's Networks
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160021 SE Music and Nationalism
• 160023 SE Sound and Space - Geometrical and Statistical Room Acoustics (including Virtual Reality)
• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160031 VO Introduction to the Sociology of Music
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 SE Paris, the Gothic, and the Urban Music Culture of the 13th Century
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160059 UE Sound Follows Function - Investigation and Design of Sound Identities in the Brand Context
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society
• 160062 PR PA Systems and Music - An Introduction
• 160063 PR "Beethoven Images". Concept, Organization and Design of an Exhibition in the Theater an der Wien
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers
• 160068 PR Working with Music Sources (18th/19th Century)
• 160069 PR PRX Professional Applications in Musicology (PR, 5 ECTS)
• 160070 PR Basics of Digital Musicology
• 160072 PR Applied Ethnomusicology
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance

Elective Modules (60 ECTS)

M06 History of European Music before 1600 (10 ECTS)

• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160034 SE Paris, the Gothic, and the Urban Music Culture of the 13th Century
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance

M07 History of European Music after 1600 (10 ECTS)

• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160019 UE Beethoven's Networks
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers

M08 Ethnomusicology (10 ECTS)

• 160005 SE Introduction to Amazonia Studies in the Context of Gender and Decolonial Theory - im Kontext der Gender und Decolonial Studies
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160021 SE Music and Nationalism
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts

M09 Systematic Musicology (10 ECTS)

• 160011 SE Computational Music Psychology - Linking Psychology and Computer Science within Systematic Musicology
• 160023 SE Sound and Space - Geometrical and Statistical Room Acoustics (including Virtual Reality)
• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160059 UE Sound Follows Function - Investigation and Design of Sound Identities in the Brand Context

M10 Contemporary Music (10 ECTS)

• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies

M11 Popular Music (10 ECTS)

• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160014 SE Grazie, prego, scusi … amore! Stereotypes in Italo Pop since 1945
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society

M12 Source Study, Source Work and Source Criticism (10 ECTS)

• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160034 SE Paris, the Gothic, and the Urban Music Culture of the 13th Century
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance

M13 Music and Society (10 ECTS)

• 160005 SE Introduction to Amazonia Studies in the Context of Gender and Decolonial Theory - im Kontext der Gender und Decolonial Studies
• 160014 SE Grazie, prego, scusi … amore! Stereotypes in Italo Pop since 1945
• 160019 UE Beethoven's Networks
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160021 SE Music and Nationalism
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160031 VO Introduction to the Sociology of Music
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 SE Paris, the Gothic, and the Urban Music Culture of the 13th Century
• 160035 UE The Early Music Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers
• 160074 UE Dance and Dance Music in the Renaissance

M14 Analysis and Theoretical Interpretation of Music (10 ECTS)

• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies
• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160066 UE Maqam, Ichos, Dastgah, Raga: Modal Music Concepts

M15 Music Philosophy, Music Aesthetics and Musical Hermeneutics (10 ECTS)

• 160008 SE Gustav Mahler: Context, Analysis, Interpretation
• 160016 SE Discourses of Gender and Love in Contemporary Opera: Three Case Studies
• 160031 VO Introduction to the Sociology of Music
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society

M16 Current Musicology (10 ECTS)

• 160005 SE Introduction to Amazonia Studies in the Context of Gender and Decolonial Theory - im Kontext der Gender und Decolonial Studies
• 160009 UE Current Musicology
• 160011 SE Computational Music Psychology - Linking Psychology and Computer Science within Systematic Musicology
• 160019 UE Beethoven's Networks
• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160023 SE Sound and Space - Geometrical and Statistical Room Acoustics (including Virtual Reality)
• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160030 SE Ritual in Motion: Musics for Processions
• 160032 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society
• 160067 SE Bruckner 2024 - How to Celebrate Composers

M17 Applied Musicology (10 ECTS)

• 160011 SE Computational Music Psychology - Linking Psychology and Computer Science within Systematic Musicology
• 160023 SE Sound and Space - Geometrical and Statistical Room Acoustics (including Virtual Reality)
• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160062 PR PA Systems and Music - An Introduction
• 160063 PR "Beethoven Images". Concept, Organization and Design of an Exhibition in the Theater an der Wien
• 160068 PR Working with Music Sources (18th/19th Century)
• 160069 PR PRX Professional Applications in Musicology (PR, 5 ECTS)
• 160070 PR Basics of Digital Musicology
• 160072 PR Applied Ethnomusicology
• 170712 UE Discussing Musical Theatre

Master Seminar Module (3 ECTS)

M18 Master Seminar Module (3 ECTS)

• 160010 MA Research Seminar for Master Candidates
• 160025 MA Research Seminar for Master Candidates
• 160028 MA Research Seminar for Master Candidates
• 160050 MA Research Seminar for Master and Doctoral Candidates

Recommended Lectures offered at other Universities

MUK Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien

Extension Curriculum Popular Music (660 [2] - Version 2016)

POM1 Popular Music - Introduction (5 ECTS)

POM2 Popular Music - Selected Examples (10 ECTS)

• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century
• 160061 VO [ en ] Popular Music and Society

Extension Curriculum World Music (161 [2] - Version 2016)

MDW1 Overview of Ethnomusicology (4 ECTS)

• 160003 VO ( OV STEOP ) Survey in Ethnomusicology

MDW2 Overview of the Musics of the World (12 ECTS)

• 160020 VO The Past is a Foreign Country. On History and Ethnomusicology
• 160026 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160052 VO African Music in the 20th Century

Extension Curriculum European History of Music (162 [2] - Version 2016)

EMG1 Overview of Historical Musicology (4 ECTS)

• 160002 VO ( STEOP ) Survey in Historical Musicology

EMG2 European History of Music (12 ECTS)

VO zur Musik vor 1600

• 160017 VO Foundations of Music until 1600
• 160018 VO The Polyphonic Mass (Before 1600)

VO Musikgeschichte

• 160007 VO Scoring the Stars: Hollywood Film Music in the 20th Century
• 160053 VO Music History IV (20th Century to Date)

Extension Curriculum Musical Acoustics and Auditory Perception (169 [2] - Version 2016)

MAK1 Overview of Systematic Musicology (4 ECTS)

• 160004 VO ( STEOP ) Survey in Systematic Musicology

MAK2 Principles of Musical Acoustics and Phenomena of Auditory Perception (11 ECTS)

• 160024 UE New Technologies in Musicological Research
• 160059 UE Sound Follows Function - Investigation and Design of Sound Identities in the Brand Context
• 160064 UE Project Planning and Practical Research in Music Psychology
• 160075 VO Introduction to Systematic Musicology

Additional Courses