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History of music and sound tecnologies from 1900

Objectives

a) To acquire specialized and up-to-date knowledge in the field of music and technology studies, exploring the main ideas, concepts andissues involved;
b) to understand the importance of technological innovation in the context of music, familiarity with the electrical, electronic and digitalorganology, as well as other equipment relevant to the content in question;
c) to frame the most relevant facts of technological development throughout the 20th century, identifying the main musical consequencesof technological innovation in terms of musical composition, performance and diffusion;
d) to frame musical movements, genres, aesthetics, composers and groups, within the scope of the history of contemporary music andits connection with technology;
e) to reflect critically on the repercussions of the exchange between musical creation and technology.

General characterization

Code

02113141

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Isabel Maria Antunes Pires

Hours

Weekly - 3

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Braun, H., [ed.] (2002). Music and technology in the twentieth century. The John Hopkins University Press.
  • Deliège, C. (2003). Cinquante ans de modernité musicale: de Darmstadt à l’IRCAM. Mardaga Éditeur.
  • Milner, G. (2009). Perfecting sound forever, The story of recorded music. Granta Publications.
  • Taylor, T. D. (2001). Strange sounds: Music, technology and culture. Routledge.
  • Toynbee, J. (2000). Making popular music: Musicians, institutions, aesthetics. Arnold PUB.
  • Kettlewell, B. (2002). Electronic music pioneers, ProMusic Press.
  • Homes, T. (2002). Electronic and experimental music: Pioneers in technology and composition. Routledge.
  • Patteson, T. (2016). Instruments for new music: Sound, technology, and modernism. University of California Press.
  • Hosken, D. (2011). An Introduction to music technology. Routledge.

Teaching method

Theoretical-practical classes with presentation and debate of the themes and documents contained in the bibliography selected (as wellas further references provided by the lecturer). Theoretical presentation, occupying 70% of the teaching time, with listening to and/orviewing audio/video examples occupying 30%.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Writing and presentation of a paper(40%), Written Test(60%)

Subject matter

1. Technological, social and artistic changes in the 2nd half of the 20th century; sound recording and production technologies; electricityand other inventions: 1750 – 1900;
2. first half of the 20th century: social and ideological context; music at the beginning of the 20th century; the arts between Wars;
3. sound technologies from the first half of the 20th century; sound recording and multiplicity of audio supports;
4. technology and development of popular music: Blues, Jazz, Soul, Funk and Pop/Rock;
5. the second half of the 20th century: post-War; technological and artistic changes; post-1950 music: musique concrète, electronic andelectroacoustic music; electrical and electronic technology in musical composition;
6. technology and Pop/Rock: social and cultural contexts;
7. the computer age; MIDI protocol and the sampler; technological innovation and performance;
8. popular music and classical music: exchanges; technology and experimentation in music; alternative trends.