Analysis and Music Theory 1750-1815
Code
711021075
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Adriana Latino
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To develop technical and conceptual skills in Musical Analysis;
b) To know the main aspects of the theoretical and musical thought in the period;
c) To be able to contextualize the musical phenomena of the period, historically, socially and aesthetically;
d) To obtain a comprehensive knowledge of the musical and dramatic repertoire of the period;
e) To know the current methodologies for presentation of the outcomes of the investigation.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Methodology of the musical analysis in the Classical era.
2. Characteristic structures and forms in the period: thematic, formal and harmonic problems.
3. Two-parts sonata. Song.
4. Sonata form in keyboard music, chamber music and orchestral music (symphony, concerto, overture).
5. Opera in the Classical era.
Bibliography
Cook, N. (1987). A Guide to Musical Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Downs, Ph. G. (1992). Classical Music: the Era of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. New York: Norton.
Dunsby, J. & Whittall, A. (1988). Music Analysis in Theory and Practice. London: Faber Music.
Pestelli, G. (1984). The Age of Mozart and Beethoven. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Ratner, L. G. (1980). Classic Music: Expression, Form, and Style. New York: Schirmer.
Rosen, C. (1972). The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. New York: Norton.
Rosen, C. (1988). Sonata Forms. New York: Norton.
Taruskin, R. (2010). The Oxford History of Western Music, vol. 2: Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Teaching method
Theoretical and practical subject (40% + 60%). In the theoretical classes the teacher will present the repertoire and expose the historical and technical foundations of the subjects. The practical classes imply that students will do a preparatory personal work over the musical scores; they will be invited to comment musical auditions and films and to discuss the musical analysis of the repertoire. They will be asked to prepare small written assignments and oral presentations during the semester. NB: the repertoire, mainly of works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, will be defined in the first class.
Evaluation method
Two written tests (45% + 45%). Written assignments and oral presentations (10%).