HISTORY OF MUSICAL THEATER
cod. 1004620

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Musicologia e storia della musica (L-ART/07)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course aims to analyse the history of the italian opera from the XVII century to our day from the point of view of music and drama, and of social, economic and material aspects.

Prerequisites

no

Course unit content

The course analyses the following aspects:
- Dramaturgy of the opera
- Economy and society: production and representation
- Locations: theatres and concert halls, open air venues, virtual venues
- Technology: instruments, set construction, reproducers and diffusers
- Communication: shows, word of mouth and printed word, reproduction, mass-media
- Protagonists: composers, interpretors, players, managers, government, communicators, audience

Full programme

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Bibliography

1)Lorenzo Bianconi, Il teatro d'opera in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1993
2)Storia dell'opera italiana: Vol. 4: Il sistema produttivo e le sue competenze, a cura di G. Pestelli e L. Bianconi, Torino, EdT, 1987

Teaching methods

Oral and practical lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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