740-202 Impressionism to Postmodernism

For non BMus and combined degree students, permission of the coordinator.

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%).