(in Polish) All you need to know about Fryderyk Chopin 3106-AllChopin-OG
All you need to know about Fryderyk Chopin is a course led jointly by six professors from the Institute of Musicology specializing in different areas of Chopin Studies: hermeneutics, musical analysis, ethnomusicology, music & economy, music & politics, psychology, and popular music studies. The course will give you a thorough understanding of the music of Fryderyk Chopin allowing you to appreciate and enjoy the legacy of the most famous and most widely recognized alumnus of the University of Warsaw. Some of the lectures will include workshops introducing you to the song and dance culture of Chopin’s Warsaw.
Course coordinators
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Students have a general understanding of the music of Fryderyk Chopin.
Students have an in-depth understanding of the selected works by Fryderyk Chopin.
Students have a general knowledge of the culture of Fryderyk Chopin’s Warsaw.
Students can listen with understanding to the music of Fryderyk Chopin.
Students can dance the basic steps of the dances danced by Fryderyk Chopin.
Students can sing selected songs that inspired Fryderyk Chopin’s works.
Assessment criteria
Attendance (necessary condition to pass the course)
Written essay
Bibliography
Annik LaFarge, Chasing Chopin. A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions, New York: Simon & Schuster 2020.
Alan Walker, “Chopin: The Voice of the Piano”, American Music Teacher, Vol. 59 No. 6, June/July 2010, pp. 19–26.
Alan Walker, Fryderyk Chopin. A Life and Times, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2018.
Chopin Forever, Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/chopin.
Additional articles will be added during the course.