Theory and Method of Musical Sciences
Code
722021032
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Rui Vieira Nery
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The goal of the presenty course is:
1. To give the student a general overview of the establishment and evolution of the Musical Sciences as an academic discipline, in its historical and anthropological components, internationally as well as in Portugal;
2. To acquaint him/her with some of the major contemporary theoretical trends in the Humanities and Social Sciences and with their specific application to the Musical Sciences;
3. To provide him/her with general notions of source theory, field work and research methods in the Musical Sciences.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
I - Historical Musicology:
1. Main trends in general historiography; 2. Main trends in Historical Musicology; 3. Musicology in Portugal; 4. Sources for musicological research; 5. Main Portuguese libraries and archives; new research tools; 6. Research methods; 7. General notions of Catholic liturgy and its musical sources.
II - Ethnomusicology:
1. Ethnomusicology and the culture debate; 2. Ethnomusicology in Portugal; 3. Institutions and researchers in Ethnomusicology; 4. Research methods.
Bibliography
AAVV (2001). Musicology. In Sadie, S. (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan.
Barz, G. & Cooley, T. (Eds.) (2008). Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology. New York: OUP.
Bourdé, G. & Martin, H. (1990). As escolas históricas. Mem Martins: Europa-América.
Castelo-Branco, S. (2010). Etnomusicologia. In Castelo-Branco, S. (Ed.), Enciclopédia da música em Portugal no século XX, Vol. II. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.
Dahlhaus, C. (1982). Foundations of Music History. Cambridge: CUP.
Eco, U. (2010). Como se faz uma tese em Ciências Humanas. Lisboa: Presença.
Nery, R. V. (2010). Musicologia histórica. In Castelo-Branco, S. (Ed.), Enciclopédia da música em Portugal no século XX, Vol. III. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.
Nettl, B. (2005). The Study of Ethnomusicology. Thirty-One Issues and Concepts. Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois.
Teaching method
Topics are presented by the teacher and discussed in class, in connection with required readings, and/or with practical research cases.
Evaluation method
Students turn in a critical review of a theoretical text and the working plan for an essay (50 % of the final grade each) on a topic of Historical Musicology or Ethnomusicology.