19th Century Music and Ideas

This subject is not offered in 2015.

120 hours

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Musical literacy, to a standard equivalent to AMEB grade 4 or higher.

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.

An overview of musical works and ideas from the 19th century. Representative works of the period are introduced in their social and cultural contexts. The subject looks also at music and its audiences, and the role of music institutions in shaping music history. The focus will mainly be Western Europe with a segment on music in Australia.

On completion of this subject students should have developed:

• An ability to understand and contextualize music from the 19th Century
• An ability to undertake basic scholarly work using the bibliographic tools of music to discuss maturely the music of the period covered
• A range of approaches to understanding music history
• Research methods basic to the scholarly study of music of this period and an awareness of the latest research in the area.

Three tutorial assignments of 400 words each, due in week 4, 6 and 8, respectively (30% - 10% for each assignment); essay of 2000 words, due in week 10 (50%); one-hour listening-based examination, held during the examination period (20%).

The Norton Anthology of Western Music, 6th ed., ed. J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca (New York: Palisca (New York: Norton, 2009).

A reader will be available to purchase from the University Bookshop

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

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Science

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.

On completion of this subject students will have developed:

• a capacity for independent critical thought
• an openness to new ideas
• knowledge, skills and practices which provide a basis for independent critical inquiry and research-based writing