History of Music: Antiquity to 1300
Objectives
a) To acquire general knowledge about the most relevant aspects of the earliest documented music, until c. 1300;
b) to be able to appreciate the historical dimension of artistic production and the questions it raises;
c) to be aware of the main threads of musical changes within the time-frame considered;
d) to be able to listen and evaluate selected pieces composed in this period;
e) to gain autonomy in pursuing updated bibliographical treatment of particular subjects within the syllabus.
General characterization
Code
01100375
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Available soon
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
Csapo, E., & Wilson, P. (2009). Timotheus the new musician. In F. Budelmann (Ed.), The Cambridge companion to Greek lyric. Cambridge University Press. pp. 277-294
Duffin, R. W. (Ed.). (2000). A performer's guide to Medieval music. Indiana University Press.
Fassler, M. (2017). Music in the Medieval West: Western music in context. W. W. Norton.
Manniche, L. (1991). Music and musicians in ancient Egypt. British Museum Press.
Mathiesen, T. (1999). Apollo's Lyre. Greek music and music theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. University of Nebraska Press.
Sadie, S., & Tyrrell J. (Eds.). (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians. Oxford University Press.
West, M. L. (1992). Ancient Greek music. Clarendon Press.
Teaching method
Theoretical exposition and practical discussion. Musical examples, orally commented upon. Additional bibliographical resources online (Moodle platform) regularly referred to. Complementary use of Internet resources, mainly specialized databases. Central to the methodology is the admission of an evolution in historical vision, opening the way to a continuous renewal of approach in the light of contemporary historical awareness.
Evaluation method
Assessment is based on two written tests (mid and end of semester, each covering half of the programme) and an optional written paper on a freely chosen topic. Each test has 50% weight in the final grade. Students are allowed to write a paper, if they wish, all three elements then have the same weight.
Subject matter
1. Music in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. 2. Music in the Greco-Roman world (rhythm and metrical feet, harmonic genera, notation, etc.). 3. Broad view of the historical evolution of liturgical music in the Mediterranean. 4. Musical notation in the East and in the West (theoretical traditions, the origin of Western neumes and Byzantine symbols, regional variation). 5. Arabic music in Al-Farabi's synthesis and its reach. 6. Expansion of the liturgical musical opportunities in the West: trope and sequence. 7. Liturgical drama. 8. Latin song (scholars and goliards). 9. The European troubadour movement in langue d'oc, langue d'ouïl and German dialects. 10. Early organum. 11. Polyphony in Aquitaine and the Codex Calixtinus. 12. The "school" of Notre Dame in Paris. 13. Conductus and motet. Mensural notations. 14. Galician-Portuguese troubadours. 15. The Cantigas de Santa Maria in their Iberian cultural context. 16. The Italian lauda.