20709116 - FORMS AND LANGUAGES OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

The course encourages the development of students’ capacity for autonomous interpretation and critical evualuation of contemporary artistic practices, especially in the field of music.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 20709116 FORME E LINGUAGGI DELLA MUSICA CONTEMPORANEA in DAMS Teatro, musica, danza LM-65 ARFINI MARIA TERESA

Programme

Historical route:
Supported by some framing lessons, the student will study independently the most significant movements and authors of the twentieth century. A short list of compositions to listen to will be provided.
Focus:
The course will deepen some paths in U.S. music in the second half of the 20th century, without neglecting some pioneering figures such as Charles Ives, Henry Cowell or Conlon Nancarrow.

Core Documentation

ELVIDIO SURIAN, Manuale di Storia della Musica, Vol. IV (Il Novecento), Milano, Rugginenti, 2002 integrated with Musica e società, 3: dal 1830 al 2000, a cura di Virgilio Bernardoni e Paolo Fabbri, Lucca, LIM, 2016, only cap. 12; the non-musically literate will avoid the study of the more technical sections of these manuals, replacing it with GIACOMO FRONZI, Percorsi musicali del Novecento. Storie, personaggi, poetiche da Schönberg a Sciarrino, Roma, Carocci, 2021.
Focus:
Itinerari della musica americana, a cura di Gianmario Borio e Gabrio Taglietti, Lucca, LIM, 1996 (rist. 2022).

Type of delivery of the course

The course is articulated in 10 lessons: the first part is a general historical presentation; the second part presents a thematic route.

Attendance

For the online attendance the following methods will apply: sharing materials on the Moodle platform and recording lessons on the Teams platform.

Type of evaluation

Discussion about lesson arguments and texts indicated in bibliography.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 20709116 FORME E LINGUAGGI DELLA MUSICA CONTEMPORANEA in DAMS Teatro, musica, danza LM-65 ARFINI MARIA TERESA

Programme

Historical route:
Supported by some framing lessons, the student will study independently the most significant movements and authors of the twentieth century. A short list of compositions to listen to will be provided.
Focus:
The course will deepen some paths in U.S. music in the second half of the 20th century, without neglecting some pioneering figures such as Charles Ives, Henry Cowell or Conlon Nancarrow.

Core Documentation

ELVIDIO SURIAN, Manuale di Storia della Musica, Vol. IV (Il Novecento), Milano, Rugginenti, 2002 integrated with Musica e società, 3: dal 1830 al 2000, a cura di Virgilio Bernardoni e Paolo Fabbri, Lucca, LIM, 2016, only cap. 12; the non-musically literate will avoid the study of the more technical sections of these manuals, replacing it with GIACOMO FRONZI, Percorsi musicali del Novecento. Storie, personaggi, poetiche da Schönberg a Sciarrino, Roma, Carocci, 2021.
Focus:
Itinerari della musica americana, a cura di Gianmario Borio e Gabrio Taglietti, Lucca, LIM, 1996 (rist. 2022).

Type of delivery of the course

The course is articulated in 10 lessons: the first part is a general historical presentation; the second part presents a thematic route.

Attendance

For the online attendance the following methods will apply: sharing materials on the Moodle platform and recording lessons on the Teams platform.

Type of evaluation

Discussion about lesson arguments and texts indicated in bibliography.