Undergraduate Course: Special History in Music: Wagner - Music, Philosophy and Culture (MUSI10050)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides an introduction to Richard Wagner's complex roles as philosopher, composer, revolutionary and cultural barometer in 19th and 20th Germany. Students will study selected operas by Wagner together with his polemical prose writings. They will place Wagner in context of 19th-century German culture and society, and will explore his posthumous reception, in particular under the Nazi and communist regimes. Additional topics to be covered include Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, anti-semitism and German nationalism.
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| Course description |
Not entered
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least three Music courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
80 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Two c.3,000 word essays (40%), one presentation (20%) |
| Feedback |
Students will receive oral feedback in seminars and will receive written feedback on their assessed coursework. The latter will take the form of comments in the essay itself and on the accompanying feedback sheet.
Students will receive formative feedback by email/in a oneżtożone tutorial on their presentation topic, & written feedback on the presentation itself.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
Students will become familiar with Wagner's operas. They will gain an understanding of his compositional style, his philosophies, and will develop an awareness of German culture and society in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Students will examine the roles that music can play in society and the impact that social and cultural currents can have on music. In particular students will develop an understanding of how music can be appropriated for political means.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Seminars in Weeks 1-5 and 7-11. |
| Keywords | Wagner,Opera,Music |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Maiko Kawabata
Tel: (0131 6)50 2420
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Annabelle Evans
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email: |
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