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Undergraduate Course: Special History in Music: Music in the Age of Louis XIV (MUSI10007)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course explores the variety and styles of music to be heard in Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV, and considers the extent to which this repertoire reflects Louis's power, magnificence, enthusiasms and prejudices.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Music 2B: Set Works (MUSI08033) OR Music 1D: Introduction to Compositional Techniques (MUSI08056)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting 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.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
The course aims to investigate three principal areas of musical activity - theatre, church and chamber music - and to relate them to the social and political climate of the times. As well as reading appropriate books and articles , students will be expected to familiarise themselves thoroughly with this repertoire: to study the scores, and to listen to as much of the music as possible. Students will also be encouraged to make links between musical and architectural styles at Versailles.
Reading List
None
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.
Keywordsmusic history special topic louis xiv
Contacts
Course organiserDr John Kitchen
Tel: (0131 6)50 2432
Email: J.Kitchen@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Brad Herbert
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email: brad.herbert@ed.ac.uk
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