History of Music: 1300-1600
Objectives
The student should:
a) acquire a knowledge of the historical context of the period;
b) be able to trace the evolution of the principal musical genres of this period;
c) acquire a notion of traditions, in the midst of which certain individuals stand out;
d) gain experience of free but guided research;
e) become aware of aspects of the sources and musical practices of the period, including notation, instruments and performance practices.
General characterization
Code
01100386
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Manuel Pedro Ramalho Ferreira
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None
Bibliography
ATLAS, Allan (ed.), Anthology of renaissance music, New York, Norton, 1998
ATLAS, Allan, Renaissance music, New York, Norton, 1998
BROWN, Howard Mayer, Music in the Renaissance, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1976
FENLON, Iain (ed.), Man and Music: The Renaissance, London, MacMillan, 1989
FITCH, Fabrice, Renaissance Polyphony, Cambridge Introductions to Music, Cambridge University Press, 2020
KNIGHTON, Tess; FALLOWS, David (eds.), Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music, Berkeley–Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1992
REESE, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, New York, Norton, 1959
TARUSKIN, Richard, Music from the earliest notations to the sixteenth century, Oxford History of Western Music, vol. I, Oxford University Press, 2010
Teaching method
Theoretical exposition and discussion, supported by commented auditions and visual presentations.
Evaluation method
Two written tests (90%); participation, attendance and posture in class (10%).
Subject matter
1) Introduction to the problem of the "Renaissance" in music.
2) The "pre-Renaissance" situation: scholastic musical thought and French polyphony in the 14th century.
3) The central compositional schools of the 15th and 16th centuries and the "Renaissance reforms" in music: humanist thought, the Franco-Flemish and Italian schools and their respective historical contexts, composers and genres.