MYL 557E - Foundations of Musicology

Course Objectives

1. Through readings and discussion, students develop an understanding of the scope of Musicology and its connection to related fields in the Socail Sciences, Humanities, and Cultural Studies.
2. Students becme familiarised with library, archival, and internet resources and the appropriate research methods.
3. Through exposure to case studies students gain experience in employing textual and historical techniques, and organological and lexicographical tools.
4. Students are shown methods of organizing and presenting their findings and conclusions in an academic setting.

Course Description

A survey of the discipline of Musicology, including a historical overview. The course comprises a broad division into the scope of the field (in regard to related scientific and humanistic disciplines, and including an examination of the historical/systematic division), its resources (libraries, archives, and digital/internet materials), and its research methodologies (textual and historical, organology, lexicography, performance practice, etc.).