2023
History of Western Music III
Name: History of Western Music III
Code: MUS12950L
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
Baroque Music
- Baroque conception in a musical context
- Italy: new musical thought
- The development of Baroque style
- Italian innovations
- Italy during the Eighteenth Century
- Metastasio and the opera seria
- Comic Opera and Intermezzo: Pergolesi and Goldoni
- The Venetian Concerto: Vivaldi and his contemporaries
- The harpsichord: Domenico Scarlatti
- French music in the Seventeenth Century - Lully
- French music in the Eighteenth Century - from F. Couperin to J.P. Rameau
- French instrumental music
- François Couperin: harpsichord music
- Opéra-ballet
- Rameau: theoretical writings
- German Music in the Seventeenth-century
- The Italian influence: Praetorius, Schein and Scheidt
- Sacred Music: Schütz
- German instrumental music
- England in the seventeenth-century
- The Masque and the English Semi-opera
- Purcell
- Eighteenth-century Germany - the musical synthesis
- J.S.Bach
- Handel
- Enlightenment and the end of the Baroque
- Baroque conception in a musical context
- Italy: new musical thought
- The development of Baroque style
- Italian innovations
- Italy during the Eighteenth Century
- Metastasio and the opera seria
- Comic Opera and Intermezzo: Pergolesi and Goldoni
- The Venetian Concerto: Vivaldi and his contemporaries
- The harpsichord: Domenico Scarlatti
- French music in the Seventeenth Century - Lully
- French music in the Eighteenth Century - from F. Couperin to J.P. Rameau
- French instrumental music
- François Couperin: harpsichord music
- Opéra-ballet
- Rameau: theoretical writings
- German Music in the Seventeenth-century
- The Italian influence: Praetorius, Schein and Scheidt
- Sacred Music: Schütz
- German instrumental music
- England in the seventeenth-century
- The Masque and the English Semi-opera
- Purcell
- Eighteenth-century Germany - the musical synthesis
- J.S.Bach
- Handel
- Enlightenment and the end of the Baroque
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 both, short answer and developed answer 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.
Evaluation:
- Test including both, short answer and developed answer 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
- Filipe Santos Mesquita de Oliveira [responsible]
