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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Music : Music

740-265 Music in Australia - An Introduction

Availability:

Offered in alternate years. Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

When taken from Music, Faculty of Music:
10.0
When taken from Music, Faculty of Education:
11.1

Coordinator:

Dr S Robinson

Prerequisite/s:

740-110 Music in Society B.

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:

A bibliography (10%); research essay of up to 3000 words (40%); end of semester examination (50%).
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