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
Academic unit | Jazz |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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JAZZ2017 or JAZZ2624 |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Hilary Geddes, hilary.geddes@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Hilary Geddes, hilary.geddes@sydney.edu.au |
Christopher Coady, christopher.coady@sydney.edu.au |