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

A study of a representative selection of Bach's free and chorale-based organ music, with particular emphasis on listening to, analysing, and getting to know the music.

? Keywords : bach organ music history special topic

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

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

• Special History in Music: Bach's Organ Music (VS1) (Not being delivered)

Home subject area

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

? 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

The student will gain a knowledge of some of the greatest organ music in the entire repertoire by investigating a representative cross-section of Bach's extraordinarily rich output of free and chorale-based organ music. The work will be partly analytical, exploring the various genres of praeludium, toccata, fugue, organ chorale, chorale partita and others. A particular study will be made of the Orgelbuchlein and the major preludes and fugues. Liturgical purposes will be investigated where relevant.

Presentation (10%) coursework essay c.3,000 words (45%) and one 2 hour degree examination (45%).

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Nathalie Caron
Tel : (0131 6)50 2422
Email : nathalie.caron@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr John Kitchen
Tel : (0131 6)50 2432
Email : J.Kitchen@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.music.ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ace.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/