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BA Historical Musicology (Historische Musikwissenschaft) at Universität Hamburg

Universität Hamburg, Germany

Programme overview

Bachelor's teaching students to perceive music as an aesthetic object and to understand and analyse it historically, from late antiquity to the present and in relation to other arts.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

Six semesters: introduction phase (general propaedeutics, methodological foundations, seminar, exercises) and a development phase including music-history propaedeutics.

Career pathways

Qualifies for professional practice or continuing to the master's programme.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is restricted (NC). Application period: 01.06. to 15.07..

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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