20710391-2 - Analysis and Didactics of Music Performance 2

The course aims to give a fundamental theoretical knowledge in the field of musical performance and of its teaching, both in historical and stylistic perspective. The relationships with extra-musical elements (literature, cinema, theatre, figurative arts), in the perspective of an interdisciplinary teaching, will be analyzed, with specific regard to the role of the teacher.

Curriculum

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Programme

The topic of the course will be the history of teaching musical instruments and singing between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. The lessons will also deal with the different approaches to the interpretation of music practiced today at the international level.


Core Documentation


- Selection of essays indicated by the teacher at the beginning of the lessons (available in the copy shop);
- Carla Cuomo, Dall'ascolto all'esecuzione. Orientamenti per la pedagogia e la didattica della musica, Milano, FrancoAngeli 2018
- John Rink (a cura di), L' esecuzione musicale: guida, analisi, prospettive (Cambridge 2002), edizione italiana di Stefano Leoni, Milano, Rugginenti 2008.

In addition for non-attending students, a book chosen from:
- Piero Rattalino, L' interpretazione pianistica nel postmoderno, Milano, Rugginenti 2017
- Guido Salvetti, Le sonate per pianoforte e violoncello di Johannes Brahms. Contesto, testo, interpretazione, Lucca, Lim 2005
-Alfonso Alberti, Le sonate di Claude Debussy. Contesto, testo, interpretazione, Lucca, Lim 2008
- Maria Grazia Sità - Corrado Vitale, I Quartetti di Béla Bartók, Lucca, Lim 2012
- Vania Del Maso, Teoria e Pratica della Musica Italiana del Rinascimento, Lucca, LIM, 2017.


Type of delivery of the course

The course is divided into 10 lessons, half of which dedicated to laboratory activities of analysis of musical interpretations.

Attendance

Frequency is highly recommended.

Type of evaluation

discussion of the course topics and examination of the knowledge of the texts indicated in the bibliography; attending students can present a project dedicated to the history or analysis of musical interpretation

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The course will focus on the history of music education, specifically the teaching of musical instruments and singing, from the 16th to the 20th century. It will cover the evolution of pedagogical methods, the development of music schools, and the role of music in education during different historical periods. Additionally, the course will explore various approaches to musical interpretation practiced internationally today, examining how cultural contexts and historical traditions influence performance styles.

Core Documentation

A selection of essays indicated by the instructor at the beginning of the course (available at the copy shop);
- Carla Cuomo, Dall'ascolto all'esecuzione. Orientamenti per la pedagogia e la didattica della musica, Milan, FrancoAngeli 2018;
- John Rink (ed.), Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding, Cambridge 2002; Italian edition by Stefano Leoni, Milan, Rugginenti 2008.

Additionally, for non-attending students, one book of their choice from the following:
- Piero Rattalino, L'interpretazione pianistica nel postmoderno, Milan, Rugginenti 2017;
- Guido Salvetti, Le sonate per pianoforte e violoncello di Johannes Brahms. Contesto, testo, interpretazione, Lucca, LIM 2005;
- Alfonso Alberti, Le sonate di Claude Debussy. Contesto, testo, interpretazione, Lucca, LIM 2008;
- Maria Grazia Sità – Corrado Vitale, I Quartetti di Béla Bartók, Lucca, LIM 2012;
- Vania Del Maso, Teoria e Pratica della Musica Italiana del Rinascimento, Lucca, LIM 2017.

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended.

Type of evaluation

Discussion of the course topics and examination of the students' knowledge of the texts listed in the bibliography; attending students may present a didactic project focused on the history or analysis of musical interpretation.