The aim of the course is to give the student the knowledge of aspects, moments, issues of Italian linguistic history with a specific attention to the history of music, in an overview that highlights the distinctive features of the link between language and music: a very close link and, as regards the Italian situation, secular, prestigious and distinctive. The intentions will be descriptive with a methodological training and cannot ignore the analysis of texts (literary and other) and musical compositions considered paradigmatic from various points of view.