Details
Code 07224
Level of study Second Year
Credit value 20
Semester 2011/12: fortnightly in 1 and 22012/13: probably unavailable
Pre-requisite modules 1017504, 1017498, 1023451
Module description
The material for study will be a varied selection of musical works by Johanna Sebastian Bach, for keyboard, voices and instruments, and orchestra or chamber ensemble. The nature of the sources, the questions that they pose (relating, for example, to performing practice), the composer’s musical language and his historical, geographical, intellectual and musical contexts will be among the subjects to be considered.
Teaching and learning methods
Ten seminars of two hours each; some tutor-led, others student-led; assessment by two essays, each of 2,500-3,000 words