Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
M Kartomi and R Flora
8 points * 2 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MUS2110 and MUS2120 * Corequisites: At least two other third-year subjects
Judgements about music and musical activities are based on aesthetic presuppositions. The subject deals with the history and theory of music aesthetics and the history, theory and practice of music criticism. Issues discussed include music as text and work of art; value, greatness and genius; affection, formalism, program music, musical forgery, phenomenology of music, postmodern music aesthetics, perception and cognition of experimental music, and the `styles of the future'. Sociological and psychological theories are investigated and discussed.
Assessment
Written (3500 words): 40% * Examinations (2 hours): 40% * Critical exercises: 20%
Prescribed texts
Hanslick E On the musically beautiful Hachett
Meyer L B Music, the arts and ideas U Chicago P