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740-265 Music in Australia - an Introduction

Elective Music subject.

Availability: Offered in alternate years. Not available in 1996.

Credit points: 10.0

Coordinator: Dr S Robinson

Prerequisite: 740-142 Music in Society.

Contact: Two lectures and one tutorial per week for one semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should have a basic knowledge of Australia's various music cultures and their place in Australian society, a working knowledge of the musicological scholarship, theoretical and manuscript sources for the topics studied, and a familiarisation with available sound recordings.

Content:

An introduction to the study of music in Australia: transplanted European styles and their history since colonial times, the quest for an Australian musical voice, tribal Australian music cultures, and the various oral and popular traditions.

Assessment:

Written project of 3,000 words (30 per cent); end-of-semester examination (70 per cent).

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740-265 Music in Australia - an Introduction

Elementary Stream Music subject.

Availability: Not offered in 1996.

Credit points: 11.1

Coordinator: Dr S Robinson.

Prerequisite: 740-142 Music in Society or approved equivalent.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial each week

Timetable: one semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should:

Content:

An introduction to the study of music in Australia: transplanted European styles and their history since colonial times, the quest for an Australian musical voice, tribal Australian music cultures, and the various oral and popular traditions.

Assessment:

Written project of 3,000 words (30 per cent), end of semester examination (70 per cent).

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