Massimiliano LOCANTO | LANGUAGES AND FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Massimiliano LOCANTO LANGUAGES AND FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
cod. 4322200095
LANGUAGES AND FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
| 4322200095 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE | |
| EQF7 | |
| THEATRE AND MEDIA STUDIES | |
| 2024/2025 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-ART/07 | 9 | 45 | LESSONS |
| Exam | Date | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPELLO GENNAIO | 15/01/2025 - 14:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| APPELLO GENNAIO | 15/01/2025 - 14:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO | |
| APPELLO FEBBRAIO | 12/02/2025 - 14:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| APPELLO FEBBRAIO | 12/02/2025 - 14:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES: THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF FORMS AND LANGUAGES OF MUSIC (BOTH ART AND POPULAR MUSIC) IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS PAID TO FORMAL ASPECTS, TO COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES AND TO MUSIC PRODUCTION METHODS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE SUFFICIENT FAMILIARITY WITH THE FORMS AND LANGUAGES OF MUSIC (BOTH ART AND POPULAR MUSIC) IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO OPERATE IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC CRITICISM AND JOURNALISM. THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO USE THE TOOLS OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC-MUSICAL RESEARCH TO EXPAND THEIR WEALTH OF HISTORICAL-MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE. MAKING JUDGMENTS: STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL TOOLS AND CRITICAL SKILLS FOR AUTONOMOUSLY ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING THE LANGUAGES OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE BOTH TO AN AUDIENCE OF EXPERTS AND TO ONE OF NON-SPECIALISTS, WITH PROPERTY OF LANGUAGE AND APPROPRIATE VOCABULARY, AND USING THE MOST APPROPRIATE KIND OF LANGUAGE FOR EACH CIRCUMSTANCE. LEARNING SKILLS: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS AND USE – BOTH TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL – BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS TO IDENTIFY AND SELECT THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE USEFUL FOR INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN ART MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. NO PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC THEORY AND NOTATION IS REQUIRED, EXCEPT FOR THE MOST BASIC MUSICAL CONCEPTS. |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| The course includes a series of analyses and guided listening sessions of representative musical works of the 20th and 21th centuries, relating to various genres and traditions, both cultured and popular. A large space will be dedicated to the study of the musical forms and languages (especially harmonic language) and to the compositional techniques and the production methods. Some of the most important methodological orientations of musical analysis will also be taken into consideration. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| LECTURES. STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND THE LESSONS (SEE ALSO THE "VERIFICATION OF LEARNING" SECTION) |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| Attending students will take a test on the Moodle platform. The questions will be based on the lesson content. Non-attending students will read the texts indicated for them in the bibliography |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| ATTENDING STUDENTS: HANDOUTS AND OTHE BIBLIOGRAPHY WILL BE PROVIDED ON CLASS A PLAYLIST OF THE PROPOSED MUSIC ANALYSIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN CLASS - KENNETH GLOAG (EDS.), "MUSICOLOGY: THE KEY CONCEPTS", ROUTLEDGE, 2016 (THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THIS VOLUME WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AMONG THE ONLINE TEACHING MATERIALS OF THE COURSE:) - INTRODUCTION - MUSIC/MUSICOLOGY (PP. 9-15) - CULTURAL STUDIES - (PP. 34-35) - MODERNISM - (PP. 82-85) - NEW MUSICOLOGY (PP. 92-97) - POSTMODERNISM- (PP106-109); Attending students will read this book: Alex Ross, “The Rest is Noise. Listening to the Twentieth Century”, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007, traduzione italiana: “Il resto è rumore. Ascoltando il XX secolo”, Milano, Bompiani, 2011. Alternatively, they will read these two volumes: Guido Salvetti, “La nascita del Novecento” (Collana “Storia della Musica” a cura della Società Italiana di Musicologia, n. 10), Torino, EDT, 2013 Andrea Lanza, “Il secondo Novecento” (Collana “Storia della Musica” a cura della Società Italiana di Musicologia, n. 12), Torino, EDT, 2014 |
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