Instructions

Choose a piece of music encountered in the course textbook or lectures from the Romantic period onwards.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (The piece of music I choose is “Liszt’s Les Préludes aligns”)

Write a research paper that discusses how it relates to broader developments in music and society of the time.

Length:

1500 words (footnotes and bibliography do not count towards the word count)

Style and format:

• The paper must be typed

• Your paper should have a title

• Use the Chicago citation system (footnotes), and include a bibliography at the end of the paper. The bibliography should contain relevant, scholarly texts. Avoid citing from websites and other non-academic sources

General pointers

• This is a deliberately broad essay questions, allowing you to focus on a topic that particularly interests you

• Aim to include at least six sources in your bibliography. You may use the course textbook as one of your sources

Rubric

Research paper rubric