2023

History of Western Music VI

Name: History of Western Music VI
Code: MUS12953L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Musicology

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Contextualized survey of the main fields of Western Music History related to the chronological period given in the unit´s content. Development of knowledge capacities of structuring and synthesis of the unit´s content and the associated written and oral expression training.

Contents

1 – Early 20th Century
2 – First Modernism (Viena-Paris)
3 - Nationalism/Folklorism: Bartok, Kodály, Janacek, Enesco, Falla
4 – Mass culture; music and real politik
5 - Post-Second World War. Cold-War (1945-72)
6 - Second modernism (Darmstadt. IRCAM).
The Ways to Serialism
New resources for composition:
. Concrete Music
. Electronics
. Electroacoustic
. Live-Electronics.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical exposition of the main topics of the curricular unit, case studies, scientific discussions of the proposed student´s works with tutorial accompaniment in what concerns the student´s learning process and the respective oral and written skills. Use of recorded musical examples, both audio and audio/video.
Evaluation:
· Test including answer questions and development questions.
· Evaluation of the investigation presented by the student in the room:
· Wording of the work: clear writing, avoiding redundancies, repetition and colloquial terms. Use of technical terms and their explanation.
· Depth and quality of the investigation.
· Ways of presentation: clear and interesting
Organization of the work: in coherence with the principals of the discussion about investigative methodology.

Teaching Staff