UCL - Special questions on music history A

[MUSI2881]

[15h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

This two-yearly course is taught in 2009-2010, 2011-2012,...

Teacher(s): Christophe Pirenne

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

To acquire an in-depth knowledge of a relevant subject in the matter of music history.

Main themes

The theme can relate to a period from the dark ages up to contemporary times. It can also look into places (a city, a region, a nation), authors (compositors, librettists) or forms (fugue, sonate, blues). In every case, music texts are the starting point of the course, but they are put into their cultural, social, religious, context.

Content and teaching methods

Content:
Themes vary from a year to another.

Teaching methods:
The lectures will be given ex-cathedra by the professor. Those are agremented with musical exemples, pictures and videos.
Students prepare the sceances through the reading of an article or a chapter coming from a reference monography

Recommended readings :
The references of the articles and works to read are displayed at the beginning of the year.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisite: none. This course is obligatory for students in musicology.
Evaluation: oral examination at the end of the session
Support: summary of the course and pedagogical material available in ppt files on i-campus, or through the departement ARKE or art history.