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 SECTION 1: MUSIC HISTORY AND THEORY

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

On completion of this Section, students should:

1. develop an appreciation for the broad historical background of the music studied for selected
musical periods;

2. have an informed perspective on the lives of notable composers and songwriters in the cross-
section of musical periods studied;

3. appreciate the non-musical historical contexts in which music was created and performed in a
wide cross-section of musical periods studied;

4. understand the stylistic elements of performance synonymous with a wide cross-section of
musical periods studied;

5. be aware of the socio-economic backgrounds within which music was created and performed
in a wide cross-section of musical periods reviewed;

6. be knowledgeable of the development and use of primary and secondary musical forms
implemented in music composition in a wide cross-section of musical periods studied;

7. know the pertinent philosophical premises and their chief exponents that informed musical
composition and performance in the musical periods reviewed;

8. develop an appreciation for the evolution of music throughout history, and its continued
transformation and application in the present and future; and,

9. develop an understanding of the musical instruments used and developed within a wide cross-
section of musical periods studied.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

On completion of this section, students should be able to:

1. analyse the main characteristics of musical compositions from selected musical periods;

2. describe the development of music traversing selected musical periods; citing the evolution of
socio-economic trends, musical tastes, and philosophical birthings;

3. describe the lives of significant composers in connection with the development of musical
composition;

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