Musical Theory and Analysis - 1890 to 1950
Code
711021003
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Isabel Pires
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire and develop technical and conceptual skills in the field of Music Analysis;
b) To acquire knowledge about the main music-theoretical currents of thought in the relevant period;
c) To develop the ability to relate musical phenomena to their historical, sociological and philosophical contexts;
d) To become familiar with the musical and music-theatrical repertoire of the period;
e) To become acquainted with the current methods of research, presentation and communication, in line with international musicological standards.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
A detailed approach to Western art music of the 1st half of the 20th century, in close parallel with the corresponding unit of History of Music. Close analytical study of a selected number of musical works, from the point of view of the innovations in the musical language, evolution of compositional techniques and the dichotomy tonal/atonal, with a special focus on the music of Debussy, Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School.
Bibliography
AAVV (2001). Analyse et Création Musicales. Paris: L’Harmattan.
Berry, W. (1976). Structural Functions in Music. New York: Dover Publications.
Deliège, I. & Wiggins, G. A. (Eds.) (2006). Musical Creativity: Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice. New York: Psychology Press
Lester, J. (1989). Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-Century Music. New York: Norton.
Morgan, R. P. (1991). Twentieth-Century Music: A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Williams, J. K. (1997). Theories and Analyses of Twentieth-Century Music. San Diego CA: Harcourt Brace & Company.
Whitall, A. (1999). Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Teaching method
Teaching method: 60% practical sessions, 40% theoretical. The course will combine theoretical exposition, discussion of musical examples and musical analysis practice as well as auditory analysis practice.
Evaluation method
Active participation at sessions, practical work and discussion (10%). A paper on musical analysis (30%). A final assessment (60%).