History of Medieval and Renaissance Music | Università degli Studi di Milano Statale

A.Y. 2020/2021

Max ECTS

Overall hours

SSD

L-ART/07

Language

Italian

Included in the following degree programmes

Studies in Cultural Heritage (Classe L-1)-Enrolled from 2017/2018

Humanities (Classe L-10)-Enrolled from 2011/2012

Modern Humanities-Enrolled from 2011/2012

Learning objectives

Survey of music history from antiquity to the Renaissance with in-depth analysis of select case studies

Expected learning outcomes

Study of the cultural role of music in our history and critical assessment of the current approaches to musical performance

Lesson period: First semester

Lessons timetable

Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi

Exams calendar

Single course

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible

Daolmi Davide

Lesson period

First semester

Lectures will be synchronous and held via Teams according to the regular class schedule.
Exams are oral and held via Teams according to the exam schedule.
Updates will be announced on the instructor's website: https://www.examenapium.it/daolmi/

Course syllabus

The Troubadours at the time of the Crusades
The course outlines the crucial moments in the history of the pre-baroque music, with a focus on the development of secular monody and courtly lyric in the 12th and 13th centuries (troubadours, trouvères and minnesänger).
The course is organized in three parts:
A: Rudiments of prosody and music theory
B: Topics in the history of medieval and Renaissance music as an introduction to part C
C: Secular monody at the time of the Crusades, with a focus on medieval song and relevant historiograpy.

Prerequisites for admission

Rudiments of musical theory (which can be acquired during the semester)

Teaching methods

Lecture format

Teaching Resources

A: Lecture notes about theory of music and Italian prosody, available on the instructor's website
B: Davide Daolmi, Storia della musica: Dalle origini al Seicento, Firenze: Le Monnier, 2019.
C: Materials on the instructor's website: https://www.examenapium.it/daolmi/

Further readings for students who choose to take the exam without attending the class (only 9 cfu):
- Luciano Formisano, La lirica romanza nel medioevo, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2012.
One of these two books:
- Francesco Zambon, I trovatori e la crociata contro gli albigesi, Roma: Carocci, 2011.
- Ulrich Mölk, La lirica dei trovatori, Bologna: Il Mulino 1996.

Assessment methods and Criteria

Oral exam, which includes questions about the materials covered in the course, as well as the discussion of a research topic chosen by the student and relevant to pre-1600 music history. The research topic must be based on readings selected by the student, different from those already included in the exam's bibliography.

Unita' didattica A

L-ART/07 - MUSICOLOGY AND HISTORY OF MUSIC - University credits: 3

Lessons: 20 hours

Unita' didattica B

L-ART/07 - MUSICOLOGY AND HISTORY OF MUSIC - University credits: 3

Lessons: 20 hours

Unita' didattica C

L-ART/07 - MUSICOLOGY AND HISTORY OF MUSIC - University credits: 3

Lessons: 20 hours

Professor(s)

Daolmi Davide

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