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Elective Music subject.
Availability: Offered in alternate years. Available in 1996.
Credit points: 10.0
Coordinator: Associate Professor J Griffiths.
Prerequisite: Two Group A subjects.
Contact: A 2-hour seminar a week for one semester in third or fourth year.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should have developed a knowledge of the history of Spanish art music and its social context, and music from selected folk and popular traditions; and have acquired a detailed knowledge of the music and writings pertaining to the areas of the course selected for close study.
Content:
A study of various areas of Spanish music from both the art and popular traditions from the middle ages to the present day, particularly those that have been of significance in the development of Western music, such as: the medieval monophonic lyric, renaissance polyphony, the zarzuela, 19th century Spanish nationalism, composers of the 20th century, flamenco and the guitar in Spanish music.
Assessment:
Two essays of up to 3,000 words each (50 per cent each), one of which will be presented as a 20-minute class paper during the semester.
Prescribed texts:
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