MUM5030

Australian music history

Carol Williams

8 or 12 points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives On successful 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 cultural theories 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%

Readings and texts

Listed in the course book.