National Taiwan Normal University Course Outline
Fall , 2024

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I.Course information
Serial No. 2005 Course Level Master
Course Code MUM0086 Chinese Course Name 音樂學導論
Course Name Introduction to Musicology Research
Department Department of Music
Two/one semester 1 Req. / Sel. Req.
Credits 2.0 Lecturing hours Lecture hours: 2
Teach in English Y Teach in National Languages
Prerequisite Course ◎1. This is a cross-level course and is available for junior and senior undergraduate students, master's students and PhD students. 2. If the listed course is a doctroal level course, it is only available for master's students and PhD students.
Comment
Course Description
Day & Class Period/Location Fri. 8-9 Main Music Graduate Institute Room V
Curriculum Goals Corresponding to the Departmental Core Goal
1. 討論the Grove II音樂辭典中對於”Musicology”的論述; 學習音樂學的定義,學門,歷史,領域等等。 Master:
 1-3 Possess the knowledge of music theory and research
2. 探討西洋音樂史的通史與斷代史的論著,以及期刊,課程等方面的相關議題; 學習音樂史的治史方式,以及音樂史課程的規劃設計。 Master:
 1-4 Have the knowledge to narrate and discuss music in words and language
 2-1 Posses ability to follow up and analyze music performances, music education, musicology, conducting studies or related topics
 3-1 Have the ability to communicate, coordinate and cooperate with others
 3-2 Possess the ability to think professionally and have problem-solving skills
 3-3 Possess the ability to pursue professional growth continuously
 3-4 Possess the enthusiasm and sense of mission on music pedagogy and research
 4-1 Possess the cognition and attitude to respect the intellectual property rights of music
 4-2 Possess spiritual value to implement music academic ethics and artistic value on musical multiculturalism
3. 探究Internet 上有關於Musicology 領域的研究與發展; 學習資訊科技在音樂學發展上所能扮演的角色。 Master:
 2-2 Have the ability to apply information technology in music performance creation, teaching or research
 2-3 Have the ability to work as a music teacher or music-related works

II. General Syllabus
Instructor(s) Nathan Seinen/ 司信寧
Schedule

Please see attached syllabus for the most recent course description, assessment, and reading materials.


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Instructional Approach
Methods Notes
Formal lecture  
Group discussion  
Media, audio, visual materials  
Grading assessment
Methods Percentage Notes
Assignments 20 %  
Class discussion involvement 50 %  
Presentation 30 %  
Required and Recommended Texts/Readings with References

Beard, David, and Kenneth Gloag, Musicology: The Key Concepts (London/New York: Routledge, 2005)

Bloechl, Olivia, Melanie Low & Jeffrey Kallberg (eds.), Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015)

Born, Georgina, and David Hesmondhalgh (eds.), Western Music and its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in music (Berkeley/London: University of California Press, 2000)

Clarke, Eric and Nicholas Cook (eds). Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects (Oxford University Press, 2004)

Clayton, Martin, Trevor Herbert, and Richard Middleton (eds). The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction, second edition (Taylor & Francis Group, 2011)

Cook, Nicholas and Mark Everist (eds.). Rethinking Music (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999)

Fulcher, Jane F. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the New Cultural History of Music (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011)

Harper-Scott, J. P. E., and Jim Samson (eds.). An Introduction to Music Studies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009)

Herbert, Trevor. Music in Words: A Guide to Researching and Writing about Music (Oxford University Press, 2009)

Kerman, Joseph. Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 1985)

Kramer, Lawrence. Interpreting Music (University of California Press, 2010) Sampsel, Laurie J. Music Research: A Handbook (Second edition; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)

Savage, Roger W. H. Hermeneutics and Music Criticism (Taylor & Francis Group, 2009)

Shepherd, John and Kyle Devine (eds.), The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music (New York/Abingdon: Routledge, 2015)

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