HISTORY OF MUSIC
(objectives)
Unit 1. The course pursues three fundamental learning objectives: 1. to introduce students to listening and to the knowledge of the great classical-romantic orchestral repertoire; 2. to deepen the language, forms and genres of symphonic music through the analysis of some masterpieces of the repertoire; 3. to provide the critical tools to understand the socio-cultural framework and the historical and aesthetic meaning of the symphonic compositions of the classical-romantic era, with particular reference to the Ninth Symphony of L.van Beethoven
Unit 2. The course aims to offer historical-critical knowledge about western art music of the XXth century, with particular attention to orchestral music. A part of the course will be focused on thematic exploration, beside a general overview on major styles and the most relevant compositions
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Code
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20710634 |
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Module: HISTORY OF MUSIC
(objectives)
The course pursues three fundamental learning objectives: 1. to introduce students to listening and to the knowledge of the great classical-romantic orchestral repertoire; 2. to deepen the language, forms and genres of symphonic music through the analysis of some masterpieces of the repertoire; 3. to provide the critical tools to understand the socio-cultural framework and the historical and aesthetic meaning of the symphonic compositions of the classical-romantic era, with particular reference to the Ninth Symphony of L.van Beethoven
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Code
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20710634-1 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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L-ART/07
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Contact Hours
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36
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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AVERSANO LUCA
(syllabus)
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 N. 9 BY L. VAN BEETHOVEN WILL BE ANALYZED, ALSO WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO ITS RECEPTION IN KUBRICK’S CINEMA.
(reference books)
SELECTED ESSAYS WHICH WILL BE COMMUNICATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS (AVAILABLE IN COPY SHOP IN VIA GIULIO ROCCO)
HARVEY SACHS, LA NONA SINFONIA, MILANO, GARZANTI, 2011;
ADDITIONAL BOOK FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE LESSONS: Maynard Solomon, L’ultimo Beethoven, Roma, Carocci, 2010, pp. 43- 88, 111-121, 157-203, 241-271
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 Sinfonia n. 103 Wolfgang A. Mozart Sinfonia n. 40, Concerto per violino e orchestra K 216, concerto per pianoforte e orchestra 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 orchestra. 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 Cajkovsky Ouverture Romeo e Giulietta, Sinfonia n. 6 Piotr Ilic Cajkovsky Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra n. 1 in sib minore Piotr Ilic Cajkovsky Concerto per violino e orchestra op. 35 in re maggiore 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
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Module: HISTORY OF MUSIC 2
(objectives)
The course aims to offer historical-critical knowledge about western art music of the XXth century, with particular attention to orchestral music. A part of the course will be focused on thematic exploration, beside a general overview on major styles and the most relevant compositions
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Code
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20710634-2 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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L-ART/07
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Contact Hours
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36
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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ARFINI MARIA TERESA
(syllabus)
• Russia. Modest Mussorgksji and the Five • Paris. Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, Eric Satie and the Six • Igor Stravinskij. Bela Bartok • The Wien second school: Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. Serial music • U.S.A. Charles Ives, Edgard Varèse, John Cage • U.R.S.S. Sergei Prokofiev and Dimitri Shostakovic • Concrete music and electroacoustic music. Notes to the main composers of the second half of the XXth Century • Focus on Bartok and György Ligeti, in particular on the compositions used in the cinema
(reference books)
PAUL GRIFFITHS, La musica del Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 2014 (selected parts). Musica e società, 3: dal 1830 al 2000, a cura di Virgilio Bernardoni e Paolo Fabbri, Lucca, LIM, 2016 (selected parts) Further texts and handouts will be made available, together with their list, on the Moodle platform.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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