Musicology 2

Course code MUSC 2405

Credit 3.0

Length 45.0 hours

Course outline View

Musicology 2 is the second of a two-course sequence that continues the study of the cultural context of music and other artistic production and the disciplines of Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Comparative Musicology. Musicology 2 focuses on history of European Classical and other music traditions in the 19th to 21st centuries.

Prerequisites

MUSC 2305, or permission of instructor.

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What you will learn

  • Sacred and secular music in Western Europe
  • The strengths and weaknesses of creating historical-era genres
  • The misappropriation of the ideas of teleology, development and evolution into the historical description of art, music and all cultural production
  • The important features of nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first-century European music and how they relate to the individuals and cultural contexts by whom they are produced
  • The weakening of the political, economic and artistic hegemony of Western Europe and the effect on music and art.
  • Research methods and data bases

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
41444 January 5, 2026
to April 24, 2026
Lecture VCC Broadway Building A See full schedule

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Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

Additional information

1. Practical and/or written examinations that demonstrate ability at or above the final exam and learning outcomes of this course.
2. A successful interview with the Music Department Leader and one other regularized music faculty member

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.