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UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG, LEIPZIG Institut für Musikwissenschaft; Musikpädagogik
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SACHSEN (SAXONY)
City:
LEIPZIG
Street Address:
Städt. Kaufhaus, Neumarkt 9-19, Entrance E, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
Postal Address:
Brüderstraße 14-24, 04103 Leipzig, Germany (Music pedagogy)
Fax:
+49 341 97-30198
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Program:
Undergraduate program
Details:
Bachelor of Arts. Three years. Music studies include historical and systematic musicology, harmony and counterpoint, composition, music psychology, music education. Preparation for teaching music in schools but needs to be followed by the two-year Master program to gain the qualification.
Program:
Graduate programs
Details:
Master of Arts: • in historical and systematic musicology, ethnomusicology, composition, arts management. • in music education. Gives the qualification for teaching music in schools. Doctor of Philosophy.
Institution Notes:
Founded in 1409, the University of Leipzig is the second oldest in Germany. The institute of education (Musikpädagogik) was previously called 'Pädagogische Hochschule "Clara Zetkin'' Leipzig'. Past students include Telemann, C P E Bach, Schumann and Richard Wagner. The University has a museum with the largest collection of traditional musical instruments in Germany. Over 800 instruments are on display but there are over 5000 in total. The main collection consists of European keyboard, wind and stringed instruments of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Some non-Western instruments are also held, including a Balinese gamelan.
Last Updated:
October 2021