740-202 Impressionism to Postmodernism

Faculty Musicianship Test or 740-139 Discovering Music 2. For international students, a score of 6.5 on IELTS or a pass in AESL1.

In this subject, we explore representative Western music styles and compositions, including popular and classical genres, from 1900 to the present. The music will be examined from a number of perspectives including nationalist and internationalist currents, modernist tendencies and the quest for order, and with reference to wider socio-cultural contexts. The music of Australia will also be studied in relation to corresponding global trends.

On completion of the subject, students should be able to • articulate cultural awareness of issues pertaining to 20th- and 21st-century Western classical and popular music • demonstrate awareness of the plurality of compositional styles of this period • apply research and critical skills, which will inform their writing on music • plan their own work using appropriate resources.

Tutorial projects (15%); essay of 2000 words (45%); 2-hour examination (40%).