History of Music
Code
722021017
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Isabel Pires
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire specialized and updated knowledge in music and technology studies, understanding the main ideas, concepts and issues involved in the study area.
b) To understand the relevance of technological innovation in the context of the music, knowing the electrical, electronic and digital instruments, as well as other relevant equipment and machinery;
c) To know and frame the most relevant facts of technological development throughout the 20th century, identifying the main musical consequences of technological innovation in terms of composition, performance and musical dissemination;
d) To be able to frame the musical movements, genres, aesthetics, composers and groups from the contemporary music history and its connections with technology;
e) To develop skills to critically think on the implications of the link between the actual diversity of musical genres and technology.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Social and artistic transformations of the 2nd half of the 19th century;
2. Sound production and audio recording technologies, the electricity and other discoveries and inventions: 1750-1900.
3. 1st half of 20th century : social and ideological context; The music at the beginning of the century; The Art between Wars;
4. Sound technologies of the 1st half of 20th century. Sound recording tecnique changes and audio support multiplicity.
5. 2nd half of the 20th century: Post War: technological changes - artistic mutations;
6. The music after 1950: Concrete, electronic and electroacoustic music; Electrical and electronic equipment and musical composition.
7. The computer era; The MIDI protocol and the sampler; Technological innovations and performance;
8. Popular music emergence: Social, economic and cultural contexts; The relevance of technology.
9. Popular Music / Classical Music: exchanges; Technology and experimentation in popular music; Nowadays music diversity and innovation.
Bibliography
Braun, Hans-Joachim (ed.) (2002). Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press.
Deliège, Céletin (2003). Cinquante ans de modernité musicale: de Dramstadt à lIRCAM. Sprimont: Mardaga éditeur.
Kettlewell, Ben (2002). Electronic Music Pioneers. ProMusic Press.
Holmes, Thomas (2002). Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition. London: Psychology Press, Routledge;
Milner, Greg (2009). Perfecting Sound Forever, The Story of Recorded Music. London: Granta Publications.
Taylor, Timothy D. (2001). Strange Sounds: Music, Technology and Culture. New York: Routledge.
Toynbee, Jason (2000). Making Popular Music: musicians, institutions, aesthetics. London: Arnold.
Teaching method
Teaching method:
The lessons with presentation and discussion of topics contained in the selected bibliography that covers the course main theme, will include lectures (70%) and practical sessions (30%) fulfilling by observation, listening and visualisation of specific musical examples and machines.
Evaluation method
Evaluation method:
Active participation at sessions, production and presentation of a \"paper\" (30%). Final assessment (70%).