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Degree course in
humanities
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries

HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC (UNIT A)
cod. 13023

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Musicologia e storia della musica (L-ART/07)
Field
"storia, archeologia e storia dell'arte"
Type of training activity
Characterising
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

To acquire outlines of medieval and Renaissance music, of Humanism and the Renaissance in Western culture.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Discussion of the origins and development of Western musical culture. <br />
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Western music as a characterizing element emanated from Roman liturgy to European culture. <br />
Transition to the polyphonic concept understood as a product of art. Elaboration of the compositional procedure in counterpoint. <br />
Development of speculative thought in medieval and Renaissance theory. <br />
 

Full programme

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Bibliography

CATTIN, G.: La monodia del medioevo, Turin, EdT, 1991 <br />
GALLO, A.: La polifonia del medioevo, Turin EdT, 1991 <br />

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures – Discussion of bibliography and historiography – Research methods – Listening laboratory <br />

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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