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Specialized Topics in Musicology

Objectives

The goal of the present course is:
a) help doctoral students insert musical practices and representations in Portugal into the historical contexts in which they were produced;
b) acquaint the students with the main trends of historiography throughout History and with the latter's incidence inthe origins and development of Historical Musicology as a discipline, globally as well as in the case of Portugal;
c) stimulate critical thinking in regard to the theoretical premises and research methodologies in the essential bibliography in each student's work towards their doctoral dissertation.

General characterization

Code

73202101

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Luísa Mariana de Oliveira Rodrigues Cymbron

Hours

Weekly - 2

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Paul Veyne, Como se escreve a História. Lisboa: Edições 70, 1983.
  • Guy Bourdé & Hervé Martin, Les écoles historiques. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1983.
  • Luís Reis Torgal, José Maria Amado Mendes & Fernando Catroga (ed.), História da História em Portugal. Lisboa:Círculo de Leitores, 1996.
  • Joseph Kerman, Musicology. Londres: Fontana, 1985.
  • David Beard & Kenneth Gloag, Musicology: The Key Concepts. Londres & Nova Iorque: Routledge, 2016.
  • Macario Santiago Kastner, "Veinte años de Musicología en Portugal", Anuário Musical (33) 1960, 2-11.
  • Manuel Carlos de Brito, "musicologu in Portugal since 1960", Anuário Musical (56), 1984, 29-47.
  • Rui Vieira Nery, "Musicologia Histórica", in Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco (ed.), Enciclopédia da Música em Portugalno Século XX. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 2010, III, 896-900.

Teaching method

The theoretical component is introduced by the teacher and discussed in class, with the support of essential texts made available to the students. The practical component consists of the presentation in class by each student of the historical background of his/her dissertation subject (60% of the final grade) and of the submission of a critical review of a significant title from the bibliography used for that purpose (40%).

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Presentation in class by each student of the historical background of his/her dissertation subject(60%), Submission of a critical review of a significant title from the bibliography used for that purpose(40%)

Subject matter

I.

a) Main trends of general Historiography throughout the History of Western Culture;
b) Main trends of general Historiography in Portugal;
c) Main trends of the History of Historical Musicology, globally;
d) Main trends of the History of Historical Musicology in Portugal

II.

Discussion of issues of historical context in the doctoral dissertation projects of the students.