Advanced Studies in Music History and Culture 1 - MUSC4103
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of the Arts and Media
Course Outline: School of the Arts and Media
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 30uoc at level 1 including MUSC1603 and MUSC1604
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course examines Western Classical music performance in its cultural and historical contexts. Studying the aesthetic outlook, role and function of composers, performers and audiences from the Baroque period up to the 20th Century provides a forum for you to explore how performance styles change in tandem with shifting social norms, compositional prerogatives, and technological developments in instrument construction and more generally.
Being a Level 4 core course, it deepens knowledge gained and refines skills developed at Levels 1-3 musicology and performance lab courses. In particular, it builds on Music: A Panorama by revisiting some of the concepts, repertoire, and historical periods studied. It also complements Performance Lab courses by focusing on historical performing practices and styles of interpretation.