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All you need to know about Fryderyk Chopin

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Course ID:	3106-AllChopin-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	All you need to know about Fryderyk Chopin
Name in Polish:	All you need to know about Fryderyk Chopin
Organizational unit:	Institute of Musicology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Fakultety, Pracownie, OG Courses in foreign languages General university courses General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.50 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Type of course:	general courses
Short description:	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. 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.
Full description:	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.
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.
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 methods and assessment criteria:	1. Class attendance (a mandatory requirement for passing the course) – two absences per semester are permitted; any additional absences must be made up by preparing a written note based on the readings assigned by the instructor. 2. Written assignment on a topic of the student’s choice related to the themes discussed in class.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2024/25" (past)

Time span:	2025-02-17 - 2025-06-08	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Go to timetable MO TU W WYK-WAR TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture including practical activities, 30 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators:	Mariusz Gradowski, Paweł Siechowicz
Group instructors:	Michał Bruliński, Agnieszka Chwiłek, Mariusz Gradowski, Sylwia Makomaska, Katarzyna Naliwajek, Tomasz Nowak, Paweł Siechowicz
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Credit:	Course - Grading Lecture including practical activities - Grading
Short description:	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. 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.
Full description:	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.
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.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2025/26" (in progress)

Time span:	2026-02-16 - 2026-06-07	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Go to timetable MO TU W WYK-WAR TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture including practical activities, 30 hours, 20 places more information
Coordinators:	Paweł Siechowicz
Group instructors:	Agnieszka Chwiłek, Mariusz Gradowski, Sylwia Makomaska, Katarzyna Naliwajek, Tomasz Nowak, Paweł Siechowicz
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Credit:	Course - Grading Lecture including practical activities - Grading

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