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MUM4220

Vocal music

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

Carol Williams

12 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton

Objectives On successful completion of the unit, students should have an understanding of the complexity of the relationship between a text and its musical setting in the song as well as a number of methods of an analytical inquiry which can be applied specifically to the song.

Synopsis History and repertoire of selected composers of vocal music, its performance practices, work analysis, and a fieldwork or library based research project.

Assessment Four short assignments: 10%
* Four class papers (15 minutes each): 10%
* Essay (4000 words): 40%
* Examinations (3 hours): 40%


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