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
• 160001 VO ( STEOP ) Principles of Music

STEOP2 Compulsory module: Overview of Musicology (12 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Survey in 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)

• 160013 PS The Music Video as an Intermedial Artefact
• 160026 PS Music of Oceania
• 160062 PS Blindfolded Opera? The Oratorio in 18th-Century Europe
• 160075 PS Simple Polyphony: Between Improvisatory Performative Practices and Rudimentary Notational Technology
• 160080 PS Sound Production and Timbre(s) of Non-percussive Musical Instruments

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

• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement

Compulsory Modules (61 ECTS)

TON: Harmony, Counterpoint and Analysis (15 ECTS)

• 160041 UE Harmony 1
• 160042 UE Harmony 2
• 160043 UE Musical Analysis: Hearing Musical Structures and Recognize Forms
• 160044 UE Musical Analysis: From Beethoven to Schönberg - An Introduction to the Analysis of Tonal and Free-tonal Music

HIS: Principles of Historical Musicology (13 ECTS)

• 160014 VO Foundations of Music until 1600
• 160045 UE Introduction to Musical Palaeography

MUG: Music History (8 ECTS)

• 160030 VO Music History II

ETH: Ethnomusicology (10 ECTS)

• 160022 UE Ethnomusicological Exercise
• 160027 UE Ethnomusicological Exercise

SYS: Systematic Musicology (10 ECTS)

• 160024 UE Music and Diagnostics - Designing Empirical Studies and Tests with Music as Subject and/or Tool
• 160077 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)

• 160030 VO Music History II
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction
• 160075 PS Simple Polyphony: Between Improvisatory Performative Practices and Rudimentary Notational Technology

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

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160062 PS Blindfolded Opera? The Oratorio in 18th-Century Europe
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

ETH-V: Advanced Ethnomusicology (12 ECTS)

• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160025 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160026 PS Music of Oceania
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

SYS-V: Advanced Systematic Musicology (12 ECTS)

• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160080 PS Sound Production and Timbre(s) of Non-percussive Musical Instruments

POP-V: Advanced Popular Music (12 ECTS)

• 160013 PS The Music Video as an Intermedial Artefact
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

PRX: Practical Applications of Musicology (12 ECTS)

• 160061 PR Information Management for Archives and Libraries
• 160065 PR Microphones and How to Use Them
• 160067 PR Room Acoustic Basics and Room Acoustics in Ordinary Rooms
• 160070 PR Introduction to Digital Music Editing
• 160071 PR Transkribus Tools and Text Paleography
• 160074 PR Introduction to Practical Music Journalism

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

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160013 PS The Music Video as an Intermedial Artefact
• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160025 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160026 PS Music of Oceania
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160030 VO Music History II
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160062 PS Blindfolded Opera? The Oratorio in 18th-Century Europe
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction
• 160075 PS Simple Polyphony: Between Improvisatory Performative Practices and Rudimentary Notational Technology
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"
• 160080 PS Sound Production and Timbre(s) of Non-percussive Musical Instruments

INT: Interdisciplinary Musicology (12 ECTS)

• 160013 PS The Music Video as an Intermedial Artefact
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences

Master Musicology (836 [2] - Version 2022)

MUS Compulsory module Overview of Musicology (14 ECTS)

• 160005 VU Musicology Today
• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules (62 ECTS)

Ethnomusicology (62 ECTS)

Specialisation Modules: Ethnomusicology (32 ECTS)

E.1 Ethnomusicology 1 (16 ECTS)

• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America

E.2 Ethnomusicology 2 (16 ECTS)

• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160018 EX Field Trip to Peru

Elective Modules: Ethnomusicology (30 ECTS from 2 different Elective Modules)

E.ETH Ethnomusicology (15 ECTS)

• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

E.HIA Historical Musicology - Music until 1600 (15 ECTS)

• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction

E.HIN Historical Musicology - Music since 1600 (15 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

E.INT Interdisciplinary Musicology (15 ECTS)

• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences

E.POP Popular Music (15 ECTS)

• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

E.SYS Systematic Musicology (15 ECTS)

• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160019 UE Methods of Technical Measurement in Research on Music
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement

Historical Musicology (62 ECTS)

Specialisation Modules: Historical Musicology (32 ECTS)

H.1 Historical Musicology 1 (16 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music

H.2 Historical Musicology 2 (16 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music

Elective Modules: Historical Musicology (30 ECTS from 2 different Elective Modules)

H.ETH Ethnomusicology (15 ECTS)

• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160018 EX Field Trip to Peru
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

H.HIA Historical Musicology - Music until 1600 (15 ECTS)

• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction

H.HIN Historical Musicology - Music since 1600 (15 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

H.INT Interdisciplinary Musicology (15 ECTS)

• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences

H.POP Popular Music (15 ECTS)

• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

H.SYS Systematic Musicology (15 ECTS)

• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160019 UE Methods of Technical Measurement in Research on Music
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement

Systematic Musicology (62 ECTS)

Specialisation Modules: Systematic Musicology (32 ECTS)

S.1 Systematic Musicology 1 (16 ECTS)

• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences

S.2 Systematic Musicology 2 (16 ECTS)

• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160019 UE Methods of Technical Measurement in Research on Music
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences

Elective Modules: Systematic Musicology (30 ECTS from 2 different Elective Modules)

S.ETH Ethnomusicology (15 ECTS)

• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160018 EX Field Trip to Peru
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

S.HIA Historical Musicology - Music until 1600 (15 ECTS)

• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction

S.HIN Historical Musicology - Music since 1600 (15 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

S.INT Interdisciplinary Musicology (15 ECTS)

• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences

S.POP Popular Music (15 ECTS)

• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

S.SYS Systematic Musicology (15 ECTS)

• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement

PRX Compulsory Module: Practical Applications of Musicology and Professional Practice (10 ECTS)

• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160061 PR Information Management for Archives and Libraries
• 160065 PR Microphones and How to Use Them
• 160067 PR Room Acoustic Basics and Room Acoustics in Ordinary Rooms
• 160070 PR Introduction to Digital Music Editing
• 160071 PR Transkribus Tools and Text Paleography
• 160074 PR Introduction to Practical Music Journalism
• 170122 UE Exercise Course "Performance and Staging Analysis"
• 170714 UE Discussing musical theatre

MAS Compulsory Module: Master’s Seminar (5 ECTS)

• 160009 MA Master's Seminar
• 160020 MA Master's Seminar
• 160035 MA Master's Seminar

Master Musicology (836)

Alternative Compulsory Modules (30 ECTS)

M01 Alternative Compulsory Module 1 (30 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

M02 Alternative Compulsory Module 2 (30 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160018 EX Field Trip to Peru
• 160019 UE Methods of Technical Measurement in Research on Music
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

M03 Alternative Compulsory Module 3 (30 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160018 EX Field Trip to Peru
• 160019 UE Methods of Technical Measurement in Research on Music
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160061 PR Information Management for Archives and Libraries
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160065 PR Microphones and How to Use Them
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160067 PR Room Acoustic Basics and Room Acoustics in Ordinary Rooms
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160070 PR Introduction to Digital Music Editing
• 160071 PR Transkribus Tools and Text Paleography
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160074 PR Introduction to Practical Music Journalism
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

M04 Alternative Compulsory Module 4 (30 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160018 EX Field Trip to Peru
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

M05 Alternative Compulsory Module 5 (30 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160018 EX Field Trip to Peru
• 160019 UE Methods of Technical Measurement in Research on Music
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160061 PR Information Management for Archives and Libraries
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160065 PR Microphones and How to Use Them
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160067 PR Room Acoustic Basics and Room Acoustics in Ordinary Rooms
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160070 PR Introduction to Digital Music Editing
• 160071 PR Transkribus Tools and Text Paleography
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction
• 160074 PR Introduction to Practical Music Journalism
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

Elective Modules (60 ECTS)

M06 History of European Music before 1600 (10 ECTS)

• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction

M07 History of European Music after 1600 (10 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160008 UE Concepts and Methods of Historical Musicology
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

M08 Ethnomusicology (10 ECTS)

• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160018 EX Field Trip to Peru
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

M09 Systematic Musicology (10 ECTS)

• 160010 SE Music and the Brain
• 160019 UE Methods of Technical Measurement in Research on Music
• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement

M10 Contemporary Music (10 ECTS)

• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics

M11 Popular Music (10 ECTS)

• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

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

• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160073 UE Contrapunto alla mente and Hexachordal Solmization. A Hands-on Introduction
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

M13 Music and Society (10 ECTS)

• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160017 SE El Pueblo Unido. Protest and Political Song in Latin America
• 160021 SE Sounds of Independence - Music in Contexts of African Independence
• 160029 SE Bravura, Soul and Devil’s Work - Instruments, Performers and Violinmakers in the 19th Century
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160076 UE Irish Music - Tradition, Identity, Nation

M14 Analysis and Theoretical Interpretation of Music (10 ECTS)

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160015 SE Composing, Singing, Listening, Memorizing: Josquin's and Obrecht's Masses in Cultural Context
• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160050 SE "The Sonata then is properly a grand free harmonious composition ..." - On the Variety and Change of Instrumental Forms in the Music of the 17th to 19th Centuries
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160079 UE Mass Repertoire of the "First Viennese School"

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

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160007 SE Music and Memorial Culture in the 19th Century
• 160011 SE Music in Horror Movies
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160031 SE [ en ] Perspectives on Contemporary Music Aesthetics
• 160032 UE Richard Wagner - Writings on the Total Work of Art
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History

M16 Current Musicology (10 ECTS)

• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160033 SE Popular Classic Music
• 160063 UE From the 'Affektenlehre' to the 'Emotional Turn' - Interdependencies Between Emotion, Affect, Passion and Music History
• 160064 UE ( MIXED ) Music in Video Games: Developments, Functions for and Effects on Gaming Experiences
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160072 SE Towards a Global History of Medieval Music
• 160078 SE Motion Capture - Music and Movement

M17 Applied Musicology (10 ECTS)

• 160028 UE Digital Humanities in Historical Musicology. Methods and Perspectives - Current Musicology
• 160034 UE Qualitative Research: Methods and Applications in Musicology
• 160061 PR Information Management for Archives and Libraries
• 160065 PR Microphones and How to Use Them
• 160067 PR Room Acoustic Basics and Room Acoustics in Ordinary Rooms
• 160069 UE Music Exhibitions / Exhibitions About Musicians (in German-speaking Countries with Focus on Austria)
• 160070 PR Introduction to Digital Music Editing
• 160071 PR Transkribus Tools and Text Paleography
• 160074 PR Introduction to Practical Music Journalism
• 170122 UE Exercise Course "Performance and Staging Analysis"
• 170714 UE Discussing musical theatre

Master Seminar Module (3 ECTS)

M18 Master Seminar Module (3 ECTS)

• 160009 MA Master's Seminar
• 160020 MA Master's Seminar
• 160035 MA Master's Seminar

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)

• 160025 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms

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

MDW1 Overview of Ethnomusicology (4 ECTS)

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

• 160016 VO The Sound of the Pachamama: Music Traditions from the Peruvian Andes
• 160025 VO Music of the World - Overview II
• 160051 VO ( MIXED ) Afro-American Music Forms

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

EMG1 Overview of Historical Musicology (4 ECTS)

EMG2 European History of Music (12 ECTS)

VO zur Musik vor 1600

• 160014 VO Foundations of Music until 1600
• 160030 VO Music History II

VO Musikgeschichte

• 160006 VO Affects, Rhetoric and Symbology in the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries - Problems of the 'Historical' Interpretation of Music
• 160012 VO Maurice Ravel: Problems of Research, Analysis and Interpretation
• 160068 VO The Hapsburgs - History of a Dynasty as Music History

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

MAK1 Overview of Systematic Musicology (4 ECTS)

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

• 160023 VO Music and Cognition - From Predictive Processing to Neurodiversity
• 160024 UE Music and Diagnostics - Designing Empirical Studies and Tests with Music as Subject and/or Tool
• 160066 VO Origins, Development, and Maintenance of Music Preferences
• 160077 VO Introduction to Systematic Musicology

Additional Courses