Special History in Music: Wagner - Music, Philosophy and Culture (U03133)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : ACE-3-Wagner

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.

? Keywords : Wagner
Opera
Music

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Music 2B: Set Works OR Music 2C: Introduction to Compositional Techniques, where students are not on a BMus degree programme.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Music, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	16:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended 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.