Wagner's Ring

Subject 740-318 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: One 2-hour seminar per week
Total Time Commitment: Refer to Contact Hours.
Prerequisites:
  • Any level 1 Music subject or permission of the coordinator.
Corequisites: NONE
Recommended Background Knowledge: Refer to Prerequisites.
Non Allowed Subjects: NONE
Core Participation Requirements: It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability will impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit.

Contact

Andrew Hall
Academic Programs Manager

School of Music - Parkville
Faculty of the VCA and Music
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010

E: ahal@unimelb.edu.au
Ph: + 61 03 8344 6238
Fax: + 61 03 8344 5346

Subject Overview:

A study of the dramatic and musical ideas governing Der Ring des Nibelungen, as well as Wagner's development as a music dramatist, and his place in 19th-century musical history.

Objectives: On completion of this subject students should be able to:
  • identify the principal musical motifs and ideas of Wagner’s Ring;
  • communicate a specific knowledge of Wagner’s place in music history;
  • undertake independently a critical study of 19th-century opera.
Assessment:
  • Four listening tests of fifteen minutes each, in weeks 3, 6, 9 and 12 (20%)
  • Written project of 2000 words due endof semester (50%)
  • Seminar paper of 1500 words as assigned during the semester (30%)
Prescribed Texts: A reading pack will be available for purchase from the bookroom before the start of semester. All students need to arrange listening access to a recording of the complete work.
Recommended Texts:

Information Not Available
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills: On completion of this subject students should be able to:
  • make critical, informed and sophisticated responses to new ideas, methodologies and theoretical frameworks in the study of music;
  • write and communicate their ideas in a scholarly manner;
  • demonstrate an openness to new ideas;
  • write in a scholarly manner appropriate to the discipline.
Links to further information: http://www.music.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music
Diploma in Music (Practical)
Graduate Certificate in Music (Musicology/Ethnomusicology)
Graduate Certificate in Music (Practical Music)
Graduate Diploma in Music (Composition)
Graduate Diploma in Music (Musicology/Ethnomusicology)
Graduate Diploma in Music (Practical Music)
Postgraduate Certificate in Music (Musicology/Ethnomusicology)
Postgraduate Certificate in Music (Practical Music)
Postgraduate Diploma in Music (Composition)
Postgraduate Diploma in Music (Early Music)
Postgraduate Diploma in Music (Instrumental/Vocal Teaching)
Postgraduate Diploma in Music (Musicology/Ethnomusicology)
Postgraduate Diploma in Music (Performance)
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Music History

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