[AMS-announce] ANNOUNCEMENT (Reminder): German for Musicians, Univ. of Rhode Island, June-Aug 2008

[Announcements for the AMS]

University of Rhode Island
German Summer School June 22-August 1, 2008
http://www.uri.edu/iep/dssa

Short Course: German for Musicians
Session II (July 13-August 1, 2008) 1 credit
Registration for the 2008 German Summer School is required.

Course contents:
* Basic music terminology: musical instruments, analyzing and rehearsing
    music, essentials of music history
      and theory, etc.
* Selected readings of song and opera texts, composers' correspondence,
    and secondary
      sources
* Reading and writing of biographies of musicians and concert
    programs/reviews
* Introduction of the terminology and style required for correspondence
    with libraries and research institutions, grant and scholarship
    applications, job applications, writing abstracts, etc.

Course prerequisite: Four semesters of college German or equivalent
Monika Hennemann, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, has graduate
degrees in German studies and musicology and has taught university
classes in the United States and the UK at all levels in both
disciplines.
Contact: Monika Hennemann (monika at prs.de)
Application forms for the 2008 German Summer School: http://www.uri.edu/iep/dssa