History of Music Theory
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
Music is investigated based on the theoretical, philosophical, and aesthetic ideas, which have informed it over the centuries.
Expected learning outcomes
To understand that music is a complex phenomenon, with a focus on its intellectual premises rather than on its acoustic nature, studying its relationship to the period and context in which music is produced and consumed.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
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Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The invention of early music
The rediscovery of early music, specifically after WWII, renewed the approach to music performance, introducing notions of authenticity, philology, historically informed practice, which promoted a lively debate, mostly ideologic, that only recently found proper historical contextualization.
The rediscovery of early music, specifically after WWII, renewed the approach to music performance, introducing notions of authenticity, philology, historically informed practice, which promoted a lively debate, mostly ideologic, that only recently found proper historical contextualization.
Prerequisites for admission
Rudiments of musical theory
Teaching methods
Lecture format, with seminar-like activities.
Teaching Resources
Course materials will be provided during the semester on the instructor's website: https://www.examenapium.it/daolmi/
The course will primarily rely on the following:
- Davide Daolmi, Storia della musica: Dalle origini al Seicento (Firenze: Le Monnier, 2019).
- Nick Wilson, The art of re-enchantment: Making early music in the modern age (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).
- La Polifonica Ambrosiana (1947-1980): Musica antica nell'Italia del secondo Dopoguerra, ed. Livio Aragona (Lucca: Lim, 2017).
- Recomposing the past: Representations of early music on stage and screen, ed. James Cook, Alexander Kolassa, Adam Whittaker (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018).
- The Oxford handbook of music and medievalism, ed. Stephen C. Meyer, Kirsten Yri (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020).
The course will primarily rely on the following:
- Davide Daolmi, Storia della musica: Dalle origini al Seicento (Firenze: Le Monnier, 2019).
- Nick Wilson, The art of re-enchantment: Making early music in the modern age (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).
- La Polifonica Ambrosiana (1947-1980): Musica antica nell'Italia del secondo Dopoguerra, ed. Livio Aragona (Lucca: Lim, 2017).
- Recomposing the past: Representations of early music on stage and screen, ed. James Cook, Alexander Kolassa, Adam Whittaker (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018).
- The Oxford handbook of music and medievalism, ed. Stephen C. Meyer, Kirsten Yri (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020).
Assessment methods and Criteria
The student will produce the analysis of a piece chosen among those studied in class. Students who choose to take the exam without attending the class must contact the instructor in order to establish their coursework.
Unita' didattica
L-ART/07 - MUSICOLOGY AND HISTORY OF MUSIC - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica
L-ART/07 - MUSICOLOGY AND HISTORY OF MUSIC - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)