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 740-316 Topics in Baroque Music

Availability

Offered in alternate years. Not offered in 1998.

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Professor J Griffiths

Prerequisites

BMus Year 2

Semester

2

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

Students will gain an extensive knowledge of selected works of the period and their place in society, a working knowledge of the musicological scholarship, theoretical and musical sources for the topics studied, and a capacity to evaluate modern performances of the works of this period. Topics covered include a detailed study of selected areas of European music of the period 1600-1750 that will investigate a cross-section of repertory, musical sources, theoretical writings, performance practices, social history and current issues in scholarship and performance.

Assessment

A 3-hour examination at the end of the semester (50%); one written assignment of approximately 3,000 words (50%).

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