740-265 Music In Australia

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

Students will gain 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 studies, and a familiarisation with available sound recordings.

Topics covered included study of Australian musical works and ideas, both of indigenous and transplanted European social groups, from oral traditions, folk, country and popular genres and styles to dramatic, orchestral and choral works, electronic and film music.

On completion of this part of the course students will have developed: · a knowledge and understanding of the musical styles practised in Australia up to the present day · an understanding of the relationships between the musical styles practised in Australia and their historical, social, cultural, and intellectual contexts · a capacity for critically appraising musical works on their own terms · knowledge, skills, and practices which provide a basis for independent inquiry and research-based writing.

Regular projects tutorial projects 5 x 300 words (25%); mid-semester project/essay 2,000 words (30%); end-of-semester 2-hour listening-based exam (45%).

• Rowley, Caitlin, ed., Australia: Exploring the Musical Landscape. Sydney: Sounds Australian, 1998.