Musical Theory and Analysis - 1815 to 1890
Code
711021062
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria Manuela Toscano
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire and develop technical and conceptual skills in the area of Musical Analysis;
b) To know the main currents of music-theoretical thought in the relevant period;
c) To contextualize from a historical, sociological and aesthetic perspective the musical phenomena of the period under consideration;
d) To acquire a knowledge in depth of the musical repertory and the repertory of the musical theatre of the period under consideration;
e) To know current methodologies of research, presentation and communication of results in accordance with the patterns of the disciplin.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
A study in depth of a limited number of pieces representing 19th-century European music in articulation with the Music History (1820-1890) course:
1. Operatic models: Italian melodrama and German Romantic opera.
2. Schubert and the Lied.
3. Instrumental virtuosity.
4. The sonata form, its variants and application to various instrumental genres.
5. Liszt, nationalisms and the symphonic poem.
Bibliography
COOK, Nicholas, A Guide to Musical Analysis, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1987
PARKER, Roger, Insolite forme or Basevis Garden Path in Leonoras Last Act. Essays on Verdian Discourse, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1997, pp. 42-60.
PARSONS, James (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Lied, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
POWERS, Harold, La solita forma and the uses of convention, Nuove Prospettive nella Ricerca Verdiana, Parma/Milão, Istituto di Studi Verdiani/Ricordi, 1987, pp. 74-109.
ROSEN, Charles, The Romantic Generation, Harvard, Harvard University Press, 1995 (trad. portuguesa A Geração Romântica, S. Paulo, Edusp, 2000).
TUSA, Michael, Euryanthe and Carl Maria von Webers Dramaturgy of German Opera, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991.
Teaching method
40% theoretical classes and 60% practical classes (a plan of the course will be established at the outset with all the sessions thematically defined). Practical classes will consist in the preparation, presentation and discussion of the analyses of the repertory pieces which will be studied. These classes will include the audition and discussion of musical examples.
Evaluation method
Two written tests (each of them weighing 50% of the final grade). The student must attend at least 50% of the classes.