2024

Research in Performance Practice

Name: Research in Performance Practice
Code: MUS12932D
9 ECTS
Duration: 30 weeks/234 hours
Scientific Area: Musicology

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

This curricular unit aims at the study of the research produced related to the musical performance practices. Students will be exposed to the most relevant research produced in the area of performance practice, being able to contextualize and clearly discuss their implications and results. Considering that musical interpretation is a core concept of all musical activity, it will also be approached and discussed to what extent the results of studies in musical performance apply to other areas of studies in music and musicology.

Contents

- The musical performance from a historical perspective
- The musical performance in the present; the relationship between text, interpreter, and listener
- The semantics of performance
- Performance and sociology
- The psychology of performance
- The relationship between performance and analysis
- The relationship between performance and reception
- Technology and musical performance

Teaching Methods

A seminar based weekly lesson.

Continuous evaluation through written and oral assignments.