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Recorded Music

 

Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
Department of Sociology and Communication

 

 

 

COURSE SYLLABUS

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I. Description

 

Recorded Music

A rögzített zene kultúrtörténete

 

Neptun code Academic year C/E Assessment Contact hours (th/pr) Credit Language Semester
BMEGT43A066 2018/19Eintra-term grading 2/02EnglishSpring

 

Instructor

Róza Emília Barna, Associate Professor
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Depart. of Sociology and Communication

 

Entry requirements
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Mandatory/recommended preliminary courses
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Description


The course offers an introduction into the technological and cultural history of recorded music, from the invention of the phonograph (and before) to mp3s and streaming. The theoretical perspective draws on Popular Music Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Theory, and the sociology of cultural production and consumption. Besides the technological history of sound recording, we will also look at the history and logic of the music industry, primary areas of sound archiving and collecting, and further cultural use relating to recorded music. We pay particular attention to avant-garde/experimental music that makes use of recorded music; digital pop music and DJ culture; as well as copyright debates relating to sampling and remixing. 


 

 

Topics

Wednesday
14:15-15:45		Weekly Topics
2019.02.06

Introduction: Technology, culture and society. Before sound recording: the evolution of popular music

2019.02.13

The technological history of sound recording I: from the phonograph to the LP

2019.02.20

The technological history of sound recording II: From cassettes to mp3

2019.02.27

Recording industry I: major labels

2019.03.06

Recording industry II: independents

2019.03.13

Sound archives and crate-diggers: from state institutions to record collectors and file-sharers

2019.03.20
School Holiday

SPRING BREAK

2019.03.27

Visit to Rock Museum Budapest

2019.04.03

Studio wizards: sound engineers, producers and the musical work of art

2019.04.10

DJ culture. Mix, remix, bootleg, mashup

2019.04.17

Remix culture and copyright law

2019.04.24

Artists of noise: musical avant-garde and new technology

2019.05.01
School Holiday

SCHOOL HOLIDAY

2019.05.08

 Music, nature and the city: soundscapes

2019.05.15

End-of term assignments due. Optional presentation of assignments

 

Readings

     

    Teaching method

    theory

     

     

    Requirements

     

     

    Re-sit possibilities

    According to the Study and Exam Regulation

     

    Consultation

    E.713 Monday 14:00-16:00

     

    Course requirements

    • regular and active participation in classes;
    • reading of compulsory literature in advance before lectures;
    • completion of either of the following two tasks:
      • preparing an original creative product relating to music (a musical piece, album cover, music app design, music map etc.) and a companion essay (approx. 6,000 characters without spaces) explaining and/or discussing the creative product; or
      • preparing an original essay (approx. 12,000 characters without spaces) on a topic related to the course, previously agreed upon with the lecturer.

     

    Evaluation criteria

    Excellent class work entails regular and continuous participation and attention, with particular weight on the reading and interpretation of compulsory literature (provided by the course instructor), and the assembling of questions and individual thoughts relating to the texts prior to lectures. Students are requested to bring the texts with them to class. For the end-of- term assignment, besides original thinking and amount of work invested, it is also important that it reflect problems, terminology, tendencies discussed in classes in relation to the literature. During the final class, students have the possibility to present their essays or projects to the rest of the class – while encouraged, this is not compulsory. Components of the grade:

    • Class work 20%
    • End-of- term assignment 80%

     

    Evaluation

    95-100%Excellent [A]
    90-94%Very Good [B]
    77-89%Good [C]
    64-76%Satisfactory [D]
    50-63%Pass [E]
    0-49%Fail [F]

     

     

    Student work required for the completion of the course

    Contact hour60%
    Preparation for classes10%
    Semester essay30%
    Sum100%

     

    Course supervisor

    név beosztás tanszék
    Barna Róza Emíliaegyetemi docens BME Szociológia és Kommunikáció Tanszék

     

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