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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- demonstrate knowledge of the main ways in which music is transmitted

- understand how the means of communicating a particular piece can change over time

- examine examples of musical media from different historical periods and geographical locations

- show how the appearance and contents of a musical source can reflect its musical and non-musical context, its creator(s) and user(s).

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