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 740-014 Music History and Styles

Note

This subject is only available to students enrolled in the extended B Mus

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr L Kouvaras

Prerequisites

A grade of B or higher in the B Mus audition, a pass in the Faculty musicianship and aural test and a minimum IELTS score of 5.5.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

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

Subject Description

A survey of the history of Western music from 1600 to the present. Representative works by the major composers in a variety of styles and contexts will be studied through listening and discussion. Students will develop skills in critical response to music, based on historical, analytical and aesthetic understanding.

Assessment

Regular listening tests throughout the semester (20%); written projects (30%); a 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50%)

Prescribed Texts
  • C Palisca (ed.), Norton Anthology of Western Music vol 2: Classic Romantic and Modern Periods 3rd ed.. Norton, 1996.
  • D J Grout, A History of Western Music, 5th edition. Norton, 1996.
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