740-265 Music In Australia

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740-265 Music In Australia
Availability	Offered in alternate years.
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Dr Linda Kouvaras
Prerequisites	Faculty musicianship test or 740-139 Introduction to Music 1-2. For international students a score of 6.5 on IELTS or a pass in AESL1.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Two lectures and one tutorial per week for one semester
Subject Description	Students will 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. Topics covered include study of Australian musical works and ideas, both of indigenous and transplanted European social groups, from oral traditions, folk, country and popular types to orchestral and choral styles.
Assessment	Regular tutorial projects (25%); mid-semester project (25%); 3-hour written examination (50%).
Prescribed Texts	Warren Bebbington, Oxford Companion to Australian Music. Oxford University Press, 1997.

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