Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Disciplines
History, Musicology
Overview
About the programmes
Research on Historical Musicology at The Open University UK focuses on:
- sacred/devotional music
- women in music
- music and literature
- medieval and early modern music
- music and well-being
- performance contexts and practice
- music publishing
- listening history
- music analysis
- popular music
Programme Structure
Current/recent research projects:
- Fin-de-siècle salon culture: a reappraisal of Cécile Chaminade
- The marriage of music and poetry: structure in the twentieth-century English song cycle
- An Instrument in comparative oblivion? The guitar and amateur players in Victorian England
- Wagnerian wounds: trauma and Wagner’s post-1849 works
- The history of brass bands of Poland
- The symphony as a novel: Mahler’s Tenth
- Welsh folk music of the 19th and early 20th centuries
- Johann Adolph Hasse and the operatic music of eighteenth-century London
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® iBT — TOEFL iBT® is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and other institutions in over 160 countries. The test can be taken at a test center or at home. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. OR 87
Other requirements
General requirements
Entry requirements
- Most successful applicants to the PhD programme have a masters degree in music or a related discipline, with a substantial dissertation.
- However, applicants can still be considered provided they demonstrate evidence of the ability to research and write about music at a high level.
- If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International — International tuition fees apply to students who are not citizens or permanent residents of the study country. In some regions, like the EU/EEA, or under certain agreements, students from partner countries may also pay domestic fees. Applies to you. Non-residents: 23,889 AUD / year ≈ 12,705 GBP / year
- Domestic — Tuition fee for the domestic students. Applies to you. Citizens or residents: 9,413 AUD / year ≈ 5,006 GBP / year
Living costs
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
1,594-2,529 AUD / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
