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Music PhD – (Ph.D.)

The University of Manchester

School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
Location: Manchester / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 36 months Start Date: September
Project type:
  • Open PhD programme
Languages: English 
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Location of The University of Manchester

The Music PhD is offered to musicologists, ethnomusicologists, and composers of instrumental and electroacoustic music. You will develop historical and/or analytical skills at an advanced level, with independence and originality of thought combined with technical skill. The supervised research will normally be related in some way to the research interests of a member of staff, including: Medieval and Renaissance song; English Baroque music; Baroque music theory and performance practice; Handel; Beethoven and his contemporaries; Music in 19th-century German thought and culture (Mendelssohn, Schumann); 20th-century music; 20th-century symphony; Opera; Composition; Electroacoustic Music; Ethnomusicology.


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Requirements

Academic Requirement - Applicants for a PhD are normally required to have a Masters degree in Music, or the overseas equivalent.

Langauage Requirement - If your first language is not English, you need IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 575 (paper-based) or 233 (computer-based) or GCSE English grade C.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Bachelor's degree
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

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