Università Roma Tre

The aim of the course is to provide the students with basic methodologies and knowledge in the field of Pedagogy and Didactics of Music. The course programme is divided in two parts: the first is devoted to the fundamentals of music theory (acoustics, notation, musical forms, etc.), to a survey of musical history connected with listening and analysis of exemplary works of both written art music and non-written traditions, to the music education model of R. Murray Schafer; the second part, monographic, is focused on the following subject:The performer as teacher: the case of Glenn Gould.

Examination: Students will be assessed by means of a written test.
The examination textbooks are the following: 1) O KAROLYI, Grammatica della musica, Torino, Einaudi, 1967 and reprinted versions. 2) Survey of history of western music, in Musica, Le Garzantine, Milano, Garzanti 1996 and updated editions, pp. 1009-1042. 3) R. MURRAY SCHAFER, Educazione al suono, Milano, Ricordi, 1998; G. GOULD, L'ala del turbine intelligente. Scritti sulla musica, Milano, Adelphi, 1988.