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740-381/481 Studies in Opera

Elective Music subject.

Availability: Offered in alternate years. Available in 1996.

Credit points: 10.0

Coordinator: Dr K Murphy.

Prerequisite: Two Group A subjects.

Contact: Two hours a week of seminars for one semester in third or fourth year.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be aware of the social and historical significance of the operatic genre through a study of selected works; be familiar with literature relating to the interdisciplinary nature of the genre as well as recent musicological research.

Content:

An examination of some of the issues that relate to the interdisciplinary nature of opera alongside a study of selected works from the operatic genre with particular emphasis on their social and historical significance.

Assessment:

A three hour end-of-semester examination (50 per cent) and an essay of up to 3,000 words which will be presented as a 20-minute class paper during the semester (50 per cent).

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