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Second cycle degree course in
Classical and modern philology and literature
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries

MUSIC AND SOCIETY IN THE MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE AGE
cod. 1006920

Academic year 2019/20
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Gioia FILOCAMO
Academic discipline
Musicologia e storia della musica (L-ART/07)
Field
Discipline linguistiche, filologiche e metodologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN
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Integrated course unit module: MUSIC, POETRY AND SOCIETY (INTEGR.)

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Learning objectives

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, and will focus on holy, devotional, and secular musical repertories.

Prerequisites

no prerequisites are requested

Course unit content

Subjects: the emergence of musical writing and its graphical evolution in various social and cultural European environments; monody and polyphony in holy and secular contexts; teaching of music in medieval universities and the problematic writing of rhythm. Musical examples will be played in order to show their peculiarities.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Basic book: "Musica e società", vol. I: "Dall’Alto Medioevo al 1640", ed. by Paolo Fabbri and Maria Chiara Bertieri, Milan, McGraw Hill, 2012.
Two freely chosen chapters taken from: "Atlante storico della musica nel Medioevo", ed. by Vera Minazzi and Cesarino Ruini, introduction and conclusions by F. Alberto Gallo, Milan, Jaca Book, 2011.
Two freely chosen essays (but with different subjects from the two chapters taken from the "Atlante storico della musica nel Medioevo") among the following texts: GIACOMO BAROFFIO, MARK EVERIST, JOHN STINSON, VINCENZO BORGHETTI, STANLEY BOORMAN in "Il libro di musica. Per una storia materiale delle fonti musicali in Europa", ed. by Carlo Fiore, Palermo, L’Epos, 2004, pp. 21-41, 43-64, 65-87, 89-114, 115-136).

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.

Other information

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