History of Music: 1890-1950
Objectives
a) Acquire and develop methodological and conceptual skills in the area of Music History;
b) Acquire knowledge about the main issues, composers, movements, institutions, genres and musical languages concerning the period in question;
c) Acquire the ability to contextualize historically, sociologically and ideologically the musical phenomena;
d) Acquire in-depth knowledge about the musical and musical-theatrical repertoire of the period in question;
e) Acquire knowledge and practice of current research methodologies, presentation and communication of outcomes in accordance with academic standards.
General characterization
Code
01100402
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Paulo Manuel Rêgo Ferreira de Castro
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- Antokoletz, E. (2016). A history of 20th-century music in a theoretical-analytical context. Routledge.
- Auner, J. (2013). Music in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Norton.
- Taruskin, R. (2009). The Oxford history of western music IV: The early twentieth century. Oxford University Press.
- Cook, N., & Pople, A. (Eds.). (2004). The Cambridge history of twentieth-century music. Cambridge University Press.
- Morgan, R. P. (Ed.). (1993). Modern times. Macmillan.
+ uma selecção de artigos/a selection of articles
Teaching method
Classes are essentially of a theoretical-practical nature, providing a balanced mix of exposition, discussion and critical listening to musical examples and relevant audio-visual materials (including online resources), complemented by a reading and listening plan made available to students regularly throughout the semester. Occasionally field trips are organized. Students are encouraged to participate actively in class, through informal discussion, but also by means of individual or group presentations and the writing of short texts.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Participation in classes, in its different aspects(25%), Written tests (at least 2 per semester)(75%)
Subject matter
A panoramic approach to Western music from the 1st half of the 20th century, and in particular a survey of the technical, formal and aesthetic transformations characteristic of the modernist period. Critical discussion of the concepts of modernism, modernity and avant-garde, in their application to music. Contextualization of musical phenomena in terms of political, economic, social and technological tensions and transformations, the imperatives of innovation, inter-art relations, and the discourses of aesthetic autonomy and the social relevance of art in the 20th century. A detailed approach to some of the central trends of the period in question: Debussy and French music at the turn of the century; Stravinsky and the Franco-Russian cultural exchange; the Second Vienna School and its legacy; the musical culture of the Weimar Republic; primitivism, exoticism, nationalism and neoclassicism; musical contributions from the American continent; "art music"/"popular music" interactions.