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"Composers in Essex"

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Course description:
What do William Byrd, Gustav Holst and Mark Anthony Turnage have in common They are all Essex Composers. And there are others, some living, some dead, all...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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"Their brows are betwixt and between"-the Middlebrow novel between the Wars

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Course description:
This course looks at a selection of popular novels of the 1920s and 30s to analyse some of the reasons for their wide appeal, and the critical disapprobation often attached to the term middlebrow at the...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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"Their brows are betwixt and between": The Middlebrow Novel Between the Wars

Workers Educational Association (WEA)

Course description:
This course looks at a selection of popular novels of the 1920s and 30s to analyse some of the reasons for their wide appeal, and the critical disapprobation often attached to the term middlebrow at the...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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"Their brows are betwixt and between": The Middlebrow Novel between the Wars.

Workers Educational Association (WEA)

Course description:
This course looks at a selection of popular novels of the 1920s and 30s to analyse some of the reasons for their wide appeal, and the critical disapprobation often attached to the term middlebrow at the...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'Images of the World - Maps and Map Making'

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Course description:
This course is about how people have drawn maps to help them define and understand the world they inhabit. Students will learn how to use existing maps and be encouraged to create maps that show their own perceptions....

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'London South of the River' from Lambeth to Rotherhithe

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Course description:
Outside the City and across the river the villages of Lambeth, Southwark, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe developed in very different ways. We will explore their early days, their industrial and other activities and how they also...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'Music and the Sea': Responses By Composers Through The Ages.

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Course description:
The sea has proved to be an improvisation for musicians throughout the ages. We will be exploring a range of responses to its sheer vastness and its varied moods, listening to and discussing key works by composers ranging...

Hours of study: Part-time evening

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'Pastime with Good Company': Secular Vocal Music c.1500-1800

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Course description:
Madrigals, Rounds, glees, catches, partsongs- whatever they are called they are the social, secular group music of friends. This is music for the house, coffee-house, tavern and club. For further information or to obtain a...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'Radical or Traditional?' -The Operas of Richard Strauss

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Course description:
Strauss is, with Puccini, the most popular opera composer of the last century. Starting with Salome , we will study all his operas up to Die Frau ohne Schatten , including Der Rosenkavalier . If time permits, we will add...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'Radical or Traditional?' -The Operas of Richard Strauss

Workers Educational Association (WEA)

Course description:
Strauss is, with Puccini, the most popular opera composer of the last century. Starting with Salome , we will study all his operas up to Die Frau ohne Schatten , including Der Rosenkavalier . If time permits, we will add...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'Ramesside Egypt - the Eclipse of an Empire'

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Course description:
Journey through an exciting period of Egyptian history when the predominant name of Pharash was Ramesses. It signalled an era of warrior Kings and monumental structures, but also the end of the New Kingdom Period. For...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'The Art of Singing' - the Human Voice in all its Glory

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Course description:
What is meant by `bel canto` Why might we prefer one style of singing to another Find out the answers to these and many other questions as well as learning fascinating insights into the musical instrument that we all carry...

Hours of study: Part-time evening

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'The Play's the Thing!'

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Course description:
Three varied plays with one theme to be read aloud with group discussion. Historical context and copies of the play are provided by the...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'What's Really Going On in Renaissance Art?'

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Course description:
Renaissance art is perhaps the most highly regarded in Western history, characterised by the genius of Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael. Find out what makes it so special whilst also catching a charming glimpse of everyday...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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'Women as Artist and Muse'

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Course description:
Join the Sevenoaks Women s Studies group to explore the lives and work of some 19th and 20th century women...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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10 Operas that changed the World

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Course description:
Since the first opera was written in 1597 opera has never looked back. From time to time it has needed a few 'kick starts'! The course looks at some of...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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10 of the Best

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Course description:
An informative course focusing on paintings from a wide range of style, genre and art movements. We shall be looking at the artists, their lives, techniques, motives and...

Hours of study: Part-time evening

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1000 Years of Literature

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Course description:
A whistlestop tour of Britain's literary heritage from 'Beowulf' to 'Under Milk Wood', studying extracts from 1000 years of poetry, prose and...

Hours of study: Part-time evening

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1000 Years of Literature in Britain

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Course description:
A whistlestop tour of Britains' literary heritage from 'Beowulf' to 'Under Milk Wood', studying extracts from 1000 years of...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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1000 Years of Literature in Britain

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Course description:
A whistlestop tour of Britains' literary heritage from 'Beowulf' to 'Under Milk Wood', studying extracts from 1000 years of...

Hours of study: Part-time day

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