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JAZZ3618: Jazz Musicology and Analysis
2025 unit information
This unit aims to provide students with an historic overview of the development of the field of jazz studies and the emergence of key musicological paradigms that continue to frame contemporary jazz scholarship. In turn, it will introduce students to the most prevalent analytical approaches used to study jazz works and help them make sense of these approaches in relation to the aims of different jazz researchers. By the end of the unit, students will be able to frame new research questions about particular jazz phenomenon in relation to strains of existing musicological discourse and answer these questions using appropriate analytical tools.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Jazz |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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JAZZ2017 or JAZZ2624 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. evaluate the strengths and limitations of various musicological approaches to the study of jazz
- LO2. rationalise and utilise various analytical approaches to describe jazz phenomenon
- LO3. develop and answer new research questions on particular jazz topics.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Sydney |
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