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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Music : Music
740-349/449 Music Criticism |
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Availability: | Offered in alternate years. Not offered in 1997. | |
Credit Points: | 10.0 | |
Coordinator: | Dr K Murphy | |
Prerequisite/s: | One Group A subject. | |
Contact: | Two hours a week of seminars for one semester in third or fourth year. | |
Objectives: | On completion of this subject students should have developed the ability to look critically at some of the assumptions underlying the study and practice of music; studied writings on the nature and value of musical works; come to understand the historical and social background to the development of professional music criticism; gained insight into the critical process both in academic and journalistic criticism and become aware of the problems involved in the discipline. | |
Content: | Theoretical and academic writings on music criticism, looking in particular at issues raised by the writings of Joseph Kerman; the history of music criticism, tracing the rise of the professional music critic; journalistic criticism and the problems encountered and created by the newspaper music critic. | |
Assessment: | A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (50%) and an essay of up to 3000 words (50%). | |
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