MUSIC, POETRY AND SOCIETY (INTEGR.)
cod. 1008141

Academic year 2019/20
2° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
RUSSO Paolo
integrated course unit
12 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

At the end of the course students will be able to orient themselves in Italian literature destined to set in music and in rhythmic and metric aspects of poetry. They will know the relationships between musica e society overall in Medieval age and Renaissance.

Prerequisites

no prerequisites are requested

Course unit content

The aim of this class is to achieve the basic knowledge on the relationships between music and European society through Middle Ages and modern age: In the first part of the course will focus on holy, devotional, and secular musical repertories. IN the second part of the course it will focus on relationship between text and music in vocal compositions from the middle ages to late Nineteenth Century

Full programme

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Bibliography

The recommended readings are indicated in pages of the single courses

Teaching methods

Lectures combined with seminars.

Assessment methods and criteria

The final examination will be an oral exam on the subjects discussed in the class and in the bibliography

Other information

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