Australian music history
Carol Williams
8 or 12 points
* 2 hours per week
* First semester
*
Clayton
Objectives On sucessful completion of the course, students should have acquired a general knowledge of the place of music in Australian culture, past and present and an understanding of historical and music in culture with which critically to evaluate them in a variety of types of historical writing.
Synopsis This subject includes Australian Aboriginal music history, Australian music biography, letter writing, autobiography, historical manuscript study and the history of colonial and postcolonial theatrical, concert-hall, folk and popular music. Seminar topics include the critical study of Australian music history writing, selected composers and works, and Australian nationalism and identity.
Assessment (8 points) Written (6000 words): 100%
Assessment (12 points) Written (9000 words): 100%
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