Theatrical music
C Williams
8 points * 3 hours per week * Clayton * Prerequisites: MUS1100 and 1110 or MUS1010 and 1020
The major focus of the subject will be on the history and repertoire of opera with some attention paid to minor forms such as operetta and singspiel and the constantly popular musical. Opera is the most important of the forms resulting from the combinations of music and theatrical representation. It is a highly complex form, enlisting many different arts in its service: music, drama, poetry, acting, dance, stage-design, costuming etc. The primary concentration will be on the music element of this combination though attention will be paid to other elements of the dramatic experience.
Assessment
Written (2500 words): 40% * Examinations (3 hours): 45% * Assignments: 15%
Prescribed texts
Grout D J A A short history of opera 3rd edn, Columbia UP, 1988
Mozart W Don Giovanni Eulenberg Miniature Score
Purcell H Dido and Aeneas Kalmus
Wagner R Die Meistersinger Eulenberg Miniature Score