Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• analyse the dramatic language in Monteverdi's operas.
• evaluate the music-text relationship in Monteverdi's operas.
• identify the main musical styles used in seventeenth-century Italian operas.
• assess the link between opera, politics, and culture in seventeenth-century Italy.

• Two weekly one-hour lectures

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	24
Labs / Practicals	0
Tutorials	0
Planned learning activities	0
Independent student activities	0
Total	24

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): Two essays (20% each) Written examination is now worth 60%.

Assessment type	Options	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment		40%
University scheduled written examination		60%	120 minutes
Other		0%
Total		100%	120 minutes

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• Penalties: The Department regards deadlines as absolute and operates a system of penalties for late submission. Non-attendance without mitigating circumstances will result in a proportionate deduction from the overall module mark. See the Undergraduate Handbook of the Department of Music for further details.

• Continuous assessment marks are carried forward to the autumn. Dissertations-theses, recitals and composition-music technology portfolios presented for the first time in the Autumn Supplemental Examination Session will be capped at 40% in the absence of fully proven mitigating circumstances.
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 120 minutes

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