History of Music: Antiquity to 1300
Objectives
a) General knowledge about the most relevant aspects of the earliest documented music, until c. 1300;
b) Appreciation of the historical dimension of artistic production and the questions it arises;
c) Awareness of the main threads of musical change during the timeframe considered;
d) Access to adequate modes of hearing and evaluation of selected pieces composed in this period;
e) Autonomy in pursuing updated bibliographical treatment of particular subjects within the programme.
General characterization
Code
01100375
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Elsa De Luca
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None
Bibliography
Duffin, R. W. (Ed.) (2000). A Performer´s Guide to Medieval Music. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Hoppin, R. H. (1978). Medieval Music. New York: W. W. Norton. Trad. esp.: (2000). La música medieval. Madrid: Alianza.
Jones, C. et al. (1978). The Study of Liturgy. New York: Oxford University Press.
Manniche, L. (1991). Music and musicians in ancient Egypt. London: British Museum Press.
Mathiesen, T. (1999). Apollo´s Lyre. Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Michels, U. (1977). Atlas zur Musik, 2 vols. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. Trad. port.: (2003, 2007). Atlas de Música, 2 vols. Lisboa: Gradiva, 2000. Consulta pontual.
Sadie, S. & Tyrrell J. (Eds.) (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Consulta pontual.
West, M. L. (1992). Ancient Greek Music. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Teaching method
60% theoretical exposition and 40% practical presentation of cases. Use of recorded musical examples, orally commented. Additional bibliographic resources online (Moodle platform), periodically referenced.
Evaluation method
Two written tests (50%), an optional assignment on a topic chosen by the student (50%).
Subject matter
Music in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Greco-Latin Music (rhythm and metric feet, tetrachordal genres, musical notation, etc.). Overview of the historical evolution of liturgical music in the Mediterranean area. Musical notation in the Middle Ages in the East and West (theoretical traditions, the origin of Western neumes and Byzantine signs, regional variation). The expansion of liturgical-musical structure in the West: sequences and tropes. Liturgical drama. Latin song (scholastics and goliards). The European troubadour movement in languages d'oc and d'ouïl and its Germanic counterpart. Primitive polyphony. Aquitaine polyphony and the Codex Calixtinus. The "School" of Paris at Notre-Dame. The motet. Mensural notations. Galician-Portuguese troubadours. The Cantigas de Santa Maria in the context of Iberian culture.