Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MUS 231 — Western Music before 1750

MUS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• identify the characteristics of the musical sound of each period
• appreciate music intelligently and
• identify the major composers, musical types as well as musical centres in each period

Course contents

History of Western Music in some details, including the study of musical forms, from antiquity to the death of Bach and Handel. The course will be divided into sections: a. Antiquity and Medieval. b. Renaissance, and c. Baroque.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MUS 231.

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