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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Music : Music

740-272 Eighteenth-Century Classicism in Music

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:

740-142 Music in Society.

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week for one semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should have an extensive knowledge of the works of the period and their place in society, a working knowledge of the musicological scholarship, theoretical and manuscript sources for the topics studied, and a capacity to evaluate modern performances of works of this period.

Content:

Study of representative works from the period circa 1740-1800 and the ideas of Classicism as they impacted on music.

Assessment:

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

Prescribed Texts:

  • Philip Downs, Classical Music: The Era of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, (New York: Norton, 1992).
  • Philip Downs, Anthology of Classical Music, (new York: Norton, 1992).
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