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.

LIST OF SOME MUSICAL WORKS WHICH STUDENTS HAVE TO LISTEN
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso fatto per la Notte di Natale
Antonio Vivaldi Le quattro stagioni
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerti brandeburghesi nn. 3 e 4
Joseph Haydn Sinfonie nn. 45 e 103
Wolfgang A. Mozart Sinfonia n. 40, Concerto per violino e orch. K 216, concerto per pianoforte e orch. K 488
Ludwig van Beethoven Sinfonie nn. 3, 5, 6, 7 e 9, Ouverture Coriolano, Concerto per pianoforte orchestra n. 5 "Imperatore"
Franz Schubert Sinfonia n. 8
Felix Mendelssohn Concerto per violino e orch. in mi minore
Nicolò Paganini Concerto per violino e orchestra n. 1 in re maggiore
Hector Berlioz Sinfonia Fantastica
Johannes Brahms Sinfonia n. 4
Franz Liszt Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne - poema sinfonico
Bedrich Smetana Poema sinfonico “La Moldava”
Piotr Ilic Caikovsky Ouverture Romeo e Giulietta, Sinfonia n. 6
Jean Sibelius Concerto per violino e orchestra in re minore op. 47
Gustav Mahler Sinfonie nn. 1 e 5
Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra - poema sinfonico

The course covers the evolution of music in the western by following its major historical transformations to guide students to the distinction and understanding of musical idioms from different eras

GRIFFITHS, Paul, A CONCISE HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2006
COOK, Nicholas, MUSIC: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, OXFORD, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1998

Recommended listens will be indicated by the professor during the course