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An introduction to music research
An introduction to music research

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Ben Winters, Fiona Richards, and Trevor Herbert.

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Audio 1: extract Sibelius ‘Karelia’ Suite 1st movement Sibelius Essentials track 2 (Warner 2008)

Audio 2: extract from ‘Tha Ntulka Tjuraarama-nga (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross) Ntaria Ladies Choir (1999)

Audio 3: extract from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 1670 opera by French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully track 4 from Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall Alia Vox 1999

Audio 4: Kiss me my love and Welcome Drops of Brandy 1 and 2, Mellstock Band courtesy www.saydisc.com

Audio 5: extract from Macht kaputt was euch kapputt macht David Volksmund Produktion (1991)

Video 1: The Diamond Quartet plays example of South African Kwela music ‘Asikatali’ traditional Zulu song, specially recorded by The Open University

Video 2: Extract Open Ocean’s episode of The Blue Planet © BBC 

Video 3: © BBC News (2011)

Video 4: extract from BBC broadcast 25. 12. 1989 spoken introduction to Berlin Freedom Concert

Video 5: Joan Baez BBC Broadcast in the 60’s

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