Historical Performance Practice

This subject is not offered in 2014.

120 hours

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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 course are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit.

An applied study through the critical evaluation of 17th- and 18th-century sources. Classes will focus on each student's acquisition of skills and knowledge that will allow the development of individual solutions to performance problems.

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Apply principles of embellishment and other aspects of early performance practice on their instruments;
• Assimilate theoretical writings and the development of verbal and musical skills that allow their articulation;
• Evaluate performances by leading contemporary practitioners.

A 20-minute practical examination in the application of performance practice techniques to selected works (60%); A 1,500-word written assignment (20%); Participation in classes (20%).

A reading pack will be available for purchase from the Melbourne University Bookshop before the commencement of the semester.

Brown and Sadie. Performance Practice: Music after 1600. London: Macmillan, 1989.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Demonstrate skills aimed at augmenting independent critical thinking
• Experiment with new ideas
• Implement their independent research and critical reflection directly into music performance.