Humanities, University of Southampton

The module is based around lectures that provide “snapshots” of major genres of the period, such as the symphony, string quartet, concerto, solo sonata, song, and opera. Follow-up tutorials allow for a detailed examination of individual pieces of music and/or practice of related analytical or writing skills.

Co-ordinator:  Professor Jeanice Brooks

This module aims to introduce you to some of the major musical forms, techniques and styles cultivated between 1750 and 1900. Lectures will be built around a variety of pieces, allowing for group discussion, and encouraging further analysis of the materials in independent study.

The main materials of the course are a linked set of custom-made recordings (available on CD in the Library), score anthologies, and a listening guide, which together provide a programme of listening and study for the semester.

Two-hour lecture and two-hour small group tuition, alternating fortnightly.

• Donald J. Grout and Claude Palisca, A History of Western Music, 6th ed.
• Daniel Heartz, Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School, 1740-1780 (New York, 1995).
• Jim Samson, ed. The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
• Piero Weiss and Richard Taruskin, eds., Music in the Western World: A History in Documents (New York, 1984).
• Trevor Herbert, Music in Words: A Guide to Researching and Writing about Music (London: The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 2001).

• Three short written assignments (each worth 20%)
• One examination (40%)