Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MUS 331 — Western Music, 1750 – Present:

MUS department course · Nigerian universities

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

• identify the sonic nature of each of the periods of Western music after the death of Bach and Handel
• identify the various composers and their works in each of these periods; and
• identify the major events and centres of activities in each period

Course contents

History and forms of Western music in some details from the death of Bach and Handel to the present. The course will be sub-divided into three main periods: (a) Classical, (b) Romantic, and (c) 20th Century. Notable composers and genres they are associated with. Major events and centres of activities in each period.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MUS 331.

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