Università Roma Tre

THE COURSE WILL ILLUSTRATE THE EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN GENRES AND FORMS OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC FROM THE CLASSICAL TRADITION, WITH ATTENTION TO FORMAL AND AESTHETIC PRINCIPLES THAT ARE THE BASIS OF THE CATEGORIES OF ABSOLUTE MUSIC AND PROGRAM MUSIC. IN PARTICULAR, THE SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE BY H. BERLIOZ WILL BE ANALYZED, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOUND STRUCTURES AND SCENIC-VISUAL ISSUES.

SELECTED ESSAYS WHICH WILL BE COMMUNICATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS

PAOLO RUSSO, BERLIOZ: SINFONIA FANTASTICA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2008;

ADDITIONAL BOOK FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE LESSONS:
FABRIZIO DELLA SETA, BREVE LESSICO MUSICALE, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2009.

By means of appropriately selected examples, the course illustrates the most important musical forms, their historical and social contexts, the predominant styles of different historical periods.

GRIFFIHTS, PAUL, BREVE STORIA DELLA MUSICA OCCIDENTALE, TORINO, EINAUDI 2007

COOK, NICHOLAS, MUSICA: UNA BREVE INTRODUZIONE, EDT, TORINO 2005.