20709116 - FORMS AND LANGUAGES OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

The course aims at the acquisition of autonomous skills of historical analysis and critical interpretation of artistic phenomena, especially in the field of music, of the contemporary age
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Mutuazione: 20709116 FORME E LINGUAGGI DELLA MUSICA CONTEMPORANEA in DAMS Teatro, musica, danza LM-65 R ARFINI MARIA TERESA

Programme

Historical route:
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 examine two of the most important composers of the 20th century (both Hungarian): Béla Bartók and György Ligeti. It will explore aspects of their compositional work and thinking, with a particular focus on their stylistic connections.

Core Documentation

Historical route:
ELVIDIO SURIAN, Manuale di Storia della Musica, Vol. IV (Il Novecento, solo parti selezionate), Milano, Rugginenti, 2002; non-musically literate will avoid the study of the more technical sections , replacing it with MILA DE SANTIS - MONICA BENVENUTI, La lingua delle cose mute. Musica e parole nel Novecento, Lucca, LIM, 2024 (Scoprire la Musica, 3/7) e ANGELA CARONE – ALESSANDRO CECCHI, Nuovi universi sonori. Percorsi nella musica strumentale del Novecento, Lucca, LIM, 2024 (Scoprire la Musica, 4/4).
Focus:
MARIA GRAZIA SITÀ, Béla Bartók, Palermo, L’Epos, 2008 (selected parts only); INGRID PUSTIJANAC, György Ligeti. Il maestro dello spazio immaginario, Lucca, LIM, 2013 (selected parts only); DONATELLA MENEGHINI, Forma e unità tematica nei concerti di György Ligeti, Lucca, LIM, 2018 (selected parts only).
Texts and further handouts will be made available, together with their list, on the Moodle platform.

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended

Type of evaluation

Discussion about lesson arguments and texts indicated in the bibliography.