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MUSM1281 How Piano is your Forte? - The History of the Piano

First Year Course

Offered By School of Music
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Music
Offered in First Semester, 2010
Unit Value 3 units
Course Description This course will be a listening-based journey through which the development of the piano, from 1420 to the present, is revealed. It will give students a broad understanding of the aesthetic-sonic values, within the context of Western music culture, that give rise to the piano in its many historical incarnations.

 

 

Indicative Assessment two written 1000 word assignments (50% each).
Workload One hour lecture each week
Areas of Interest Music
Academic Contact Dr Geoffrey Lancaster

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