Unit 1. 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.

Unit 2. The course aims to provide fundamental knowledge on the history of music education between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular reference to the teaching of instruments and singing. The different approaches that are used modernly for the teaching of musical interpretation will also be explored