Paleography and languages of the early music [ LMUSI2460 ]
5.0 crédits ECTS
15.0 h
Ce cours bisannuel est dispensé en 2011-2012, 2013-2014, ...
| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
Following topics will be studied: the notation of plainchant and polyphony; the modes of Western music; the theory and evolution of counterpoint, from the beginning until the end of the 16th century.
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| Aims |
Introducing the students to musical palaeography and pretonal musical languages, from the origins of musical notations (Carolingian period) until the 16th century.
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| Content |
The first part of the course addresses plainchant in its various aspects: notational, evolutional, and theoretical. The second part of the course is dedicated to polyphony. It presents its basic working principles, its main contrapuntal rules, and shows different notational systems, especially from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Certificat universitaire en musicologie (approfondissement)
> Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology
> Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> ARKE
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