In general, reading lists will be dependent on which modules you choose, with the majority of reading available through electronic resource on the module page. The suggested titles below are related to some of the modules that are core for single honours students. While these will not necessarily feature as 'core' texts for teaching in the modules to which they correspond, they are being suggested here as overviews of the main knowledge, perspectives and techniques of the disciplines.
General reading: Nicholas Cook, Music: a very short introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000
MUS125 - Music of the World: Alison E. Arnold and Jonathan C. Kramer, What in the World is Music, New York: Routledge, 2016.
MUS126 - History of Western Music: K. Gloag and D. Beard. 2005. Musicology: The Key Concepts. 2nd ed. London: Routledge.
MUS131 - Electronic Music: Moore, A. 2016. Sonic Art: An Introduction to Electroacoustic Music Composition. London: Routledge.