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Research (Musicology) – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
Department of Music| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,840 - ≈ € 14,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | Anytime |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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Our departmental staff include composers, performers and writers on music. The Centre for Composition and Associated Studies (COMPASS), founded in 2002, gives a particular focus to activities in the field of composition and draws together the areas of expertise covered by three staff composers of international standing.,
Our Music Library is one of the best in the country, with Special Collections centred on 20th-century English music (including Elgar – diaries, manuscript scores and early editions) and Baroque music. In addition, the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research (CEMPR), which owns a large collection of reproduction early instruments, offers practical tuition in early instrumental and vocal techniques.
Duration: PhD – 3 years full-time; 6 years part-time; MPhil – 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time
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The musicology research area includes performance practice. Our research expertise is concentrated on:
* Medieval music
* Baroque music
* Romantic music
* 19th- and 20th-century British music
* Critical theory
Unusually, we offer degrees in performance practice at MPhil and PhD levels. A particular focus is created by the existence of CEMPR, founded in 1998 and directed by Professor John Whenham and Dr Mary O'Neill.
Our tradition of Baroque performance includes the pioneering Barber opera productions, which take place every few years, and concert work using our collection of period instruments. There are close links with Birmingham's professional early music group, Ex Cathedra, and the annual Birmingham Early Music Festival, which numbers three members of the Department on its board.
| Research interests of staff
* Critical theory; music under Fascism.
* Liszt; Romantic music; 19th-century performance practice.
* Medieval French and Iberian music –Troubadours, Trouvères and related repertoires.
* Elgar; music theory and analysis; music and the Enlightenment.
* 19th-and 20th-century British music.
* Italian Baroque and Handel.
* Monteverdi and Italian Baroque.
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Applying to a Doctoral Research programme at Birmingham is a simple four-step process -
Step 1 - Ensure your qualifications meet our entry requirements|
Step 2 - Find a potential supervisor(s) and identify your research area|
Step 3 - Develop and submit an initial research proposal|
Step 4 - Submit your formal application
In order to undertake a programme of study here at the University, you will need to demonstrate that you have a good level of written and spoken English. You can demonstrate your level of English with IELTS, TOEFL or alternative qualifications..
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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