MUM5030 - Australian Music History

Leader: Joel Crotty

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Topics include the critical study of Australian music history writing and selected composers and their works.

Objectives

On successful completion of this unit, students should have acquired a general knowledge of the place of music in Australian culture, past and present and an understanding of historical and cultural theories with which critically to evaluate them in a variety of types of historical writing.

Assessment

Critical essay (9000 words): 100%

Contact hours

2 hours seminar