Music History 2: C19th Music and Ideas

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

120 hours

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

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An overview of musical works ans ideas from the 19th century. Representative works of the period are introduced in their social and cultural contexts. The subject also looks 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:

• the ability to understand and contextualise music from the 19th Century;
• a range of approaches to understanding music history;
• skills in critical thinking and analysis;
• research methods basic to the scholarly study of music of this period and an awareness of the latest research in the area.

• Tutorial assignment 1 (500 words), Week 3 (10%)
• Tutorial assignment 2 (500 words), Week 6 (10%)
• Essay (2000 words), Week 9 (60%)
• Listening test (1 hour), held during examination period (20%)

Anthology for Music in the Nineteenth Century, ed. W.Frisch (New York: Norton, 2013).

Walter Frisch, Music in the Nineteenth Century (New York: Norton, 2013).

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