Module WMC-4103:
Cerdd mewn Cymdeithas
Module Facts
Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language
30.000 Credits or 15.000 ECTS Credits
Semester 2
Organiser: Prof Andrew Lewis
Overall aims and purpose
Mae’r modiwl hwn yn archwilio nifer o ymddangosiadau cerddoriaeth mewn cymdeithas.
Bydd myfyrwyr ar y modiwl hwn yn ymestyn eu gwybodaeth a'u dealltwriaeth o faterion yn ymwneud gyda cherddoriaeth mewn cymdeithas drwy un neu fwy o astudiaethau achos yn codi o arbenigedd ymchwil staff. Bydd myfyrwyr yn datblygu sgiliau dadansoddi cerddoriaeth a chreu cerddoriaeth [musicking] mewn cyd-destun diwylliannol, ac yn archwilio agweddau theoretig o ymarfer cerddoriaeth cymhwysol.
Bydd myfyrwyr yn ennill medrau fel arsylwi, gwerthuso a meddwl yn feirniadol, y gellir eu rhoi ar waith wedyn yn eu projectau ymchwil eu hunain.
Course content
Bydd pynciau'n amrywio o flwyddyn i flwyddyn, gan ymateb i arbenigedd ymchwil y staff a benodir i ddysgu'r modiwl ac, i ryw raddau, diddordebau'r myfyrwyr. Mae'r pynciau posibl a gynigiwyd yn cynnwys:
- Cerddoriaeth mewn Iechyd a Lles
- Ethnogerddoreg
- Cerddoriaeth a Gwleidyddiaeth
- Cerddoriaeth gynnar a chymdeithas
- Hunaniaeth a threftadaeth ddiwylliannol
- Cerddoriaeth a Newid Hinsawdd.
Assessment Criteria
threshold
Trothwy (50-59) Gwaith sy’n dangos gafael dda ar wybodaeth ffeithiol, gyda gallu digonol i feddwl yn gysyniadol, a pheth ymwybyddiaeth o faterion methodolegol (er yn gyfyngedig), a dangos digon o dystiolaeth o ymdriniaeth gyffredinol ddeallusol, gyda mynegiant gweddol.
excellent
Rhagorol (70+) Gwaith sy’n dangos dealltwriaeth drylwyr o’r pwnc, gyda thystiolaeth o astudiaeth estynedig, meddwl yn gysyniadol a phraff, ymdriniaeth wreiddiol a medrau cyflwyno rhagorol.
good
Da (60-69) Gwaith sy'n dangos gafael cadarn ar y pwnc, gyda lefel dda o feddwl yn gysyniadol, ymwybyddiaeth o faterion methodolegol a materion eraill, ynghyd â thystiolaeth o finiogrwydd deallusol a mynegiant da.
Learning outcomes
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Hogi medrau meddwl yn feirniadol a dadansoddol
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Datblygu gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth fanwl am bynciau penodol ym maes cerddoriaeth mewn cymdeithas
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Dangos dealltwriaeth uwch o foeseg a methodolegau priodol
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Gwella eu medrau cyflwyno, ar bapur ac ar lafar
Assessment Methods
Type | Name | Description | Weight |
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Oral Presentation | 30.00 | ||
Traethawd | 70.00 |
Teaching and Learning Strategy
Hours | ||
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Private study | amser darllen, paratoi a gwneud asesiadau |
275 |
Tutorial | Bydd ymgynghori unigol gyda thiwtor y modiwl ar gael ar alw, hyd at gyfanswm o 3 awr. |
3 |
Seminar | Un seminar wythnosol yn para 2 awr. |
22 |
Transferable skills
- Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
- Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
- Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
- Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
- Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
- Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sensitevely with others
- Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
Subject specific skills
- Musicianship skills – recognition, classification, contextualisation, reconstruction, exploration
- Re-creative skills – interpretation, innovation, versatility, and other skills relating to performance
- Intellectual skills specific to Music – contextual knowledge, cultural awareness, critical understanding, repertoire knowledge, curiosity, analytical demonstration
- Technological skills – digital capture, digital expression, digital innovation
- Intellectual skills shared with other disciplines – research and exploration, reasoning and logic, understanding, critical judgement, assimilation and application
- Skills of communication and interaction – oral and written communication, public presentation, team-working and collaboration, awareness of professional protocols, sensitivity, ICT skills, etc.
- Skills of personal management – self-motivation, self-critical awareness, independence, entrepreneurship and employment skills, time management and reliability, organisation, etc.
- Enhanced powers of imagination and creativity (4.17)
Resources
Talis Reading list
http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/wmc-4103.htmlReading list
• Wayne C Booth et al., The Craft of Research (trydydd argraffiad, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 2008)
• Trevor Herbert, Music in Words: A Guide to Researching and Writing About Music (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012).
• Demar Irvine, Irvines Writing about Music, trydydd argraffiad, wedi ei adolygu, Mark A Radice (Amadeus Press, Oregon, 1999)
• Richard J. Wignell, Writing about music: an introductory guide (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1990)
• Juliette Alvin, Music Therapy (John Clare Books, London, 1966)
• Amelia Oldfield, Music Therapy with Children and their Families (Jessica Kingsley, London, 2008)
• Leslie Bunt, Music Therapy: An Art Beyond Words (Routledge, New York, 1994)
• L. Bunt & S. Hoskyns (goln.): The Handbook of Music Therapy (Brunner-Routledge, Hove & New York, 2002)
• K. E. Bruscia: Defining Music Therapy (Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum, 1998)
• Don Campbell, The Mozart effect: tapping the power of music to heal the body, strengthen the mind, and unlock the creative spirit (Hodder Mobius, London, 2002)
• Don Campbell, The Mozart effect for children: awakening your child's mind, health and creativity with music (Hodder Mobius, London, 2002)
• W. B. Davis, K. E. Gfeller & M. H. Thaut (gol.): An Introduction to Music Therapy: Theory and Practice (American Music Therapy Association, 2008)
• Susan Hallam, Ian Cross, and Michael Thaut (goln.), The Oxford handbook of music psychology (Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 2009)
• M. Heal & T. Wigram (gol.): Music Therapy in Health and Education (Jessica Kingsley, London, 1993)
• Peregine Horden, Music as medicine: the history of music therapy since antiquity (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000)
• Patrik N. Juslin and John A. Sloboda, Handbook of music and emotion: theory, research, applications (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011)
• Carolyn Kenny & Brynjulf Stige, Contemporary voices in music therapy: communication, culture, and community (Unipub forlag, Oslo, 2002)
• J. Z Robarts (gol.) Music Therapy Research: Growing Perspectives in Therapy and Practice, 1 (BSMT Publications, East Barnet, 2001)
• Brynjulf Stige et al, Where music helps: community music therapy in action and reflection (Ashgate, Farnham, 2010)
• B. L. Wheeler (gol.), Music Therapy Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives (Barcelona Publishers, Phoenixville, 1995)
• T. Wigram, B. Saperston & R. West (gol.), The Art and Science of Music Therapy: A Handbook (Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, 1995)
• Alison Arnold (gol.), The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (New York, 2000)
• Anthony Baines (gol.), Musical Instruments Through The Ages, (London, 1961)
• C. Ballentine, Music and its Social Meanings (New York, 1984)
• Gregory F. Barz & Timothy J. Cooley, Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology (Oxford, 1997)
• John Blacking, Music, Culture and Experience (Chicago, 1995)
• Stephen Blum, Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History (Bloomington, 1991)
• Constantin Brailoui, Problems of Ethnomusicology (Cambridge, 1984)
• Simon Broughton (et al), World Music (London, 1994)
• Martin Clayton, The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction (London, 2003)
• Roy Everyman & Andrew Jamison, Musical and Social Movements - Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge, 1998)
• Robert Falck, Cross Cultural Perspectives on Music (Toronto, 1982)
• Peter Fletcher, Worlds Musics in Context (Oxford, 2001)
• Simon Frith, World Music, Politics and Social Change (Manchester, 1989)
• L. Green, Music in Society: Music on Deaf Ears (Manchester, 1988)
• Otto Karolyi, Traditional African and Oriental Music (London, 1998)
• Margaret J. Kartomi & Stephen Blum, Music Cultures in Contact - Convergences and Collisions (Sydney, 1994)
• Richard Leppert, Music and Society (Cambridge, 1987)
• Terry E. Miller, World Music: A Global Journey (New York, 2006)
• Liang Mingyue, Music of the Billion: An Introduction to Chinese Musical Culture (New York, 1985)
• Helen Myers (gol.), Ethnomusicology: An Introduction (London, 1992)
• Bruno Nettl, Encounters in Ethnomusicology: A Memoir (Michigan, 2002)
• Arnold Perris, Music as Propaganda (London, 1985)
• David Reck, Music of the Whole Earth (New York, 1977)
• Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Ethnomusicology: History, Definitions and Scope (New York, 1992)
• Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Music as Culture (New York,1990)
• John Shepperd, Music as Social Text (Cambridge, 1991)
• Christopher Small, Music, Society, Education (London, 1977)
• David Ian Allsobrook, Music for Wales - Walford Davies and the National Council of Music, 1918-1941 (Cardiff, 1992)
• Osian Ellis, The Story of the Harp in Wales (Cardiff, 1991)
• Sally Harper, Music in Welsh Culture before 1650 (Aldershot, 2007)
• Sally Harper & Wyn Thomas (goln.) Welsh music history (Cardiff, 1994-2007)
• Phyllis Kinney, Welsh Traditional Music (Cardiff, 2011)
• Wyn Thomas, Welsh Traditional Music: A Bibliography (Llanrwst, 2008)
• Gareth Williams, Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840-1914 (Cardiff, 1998)
• W. S. Gwynn Williams, Welsh National Music and Dance (London, 1933)
Courses including this module
Compulsory in courses:
- W3AH: MA Music year 1 (MA/MUS)
Optional in courses:
- W3BJ: MA Music with Education year 1 (MA/MUSED)