Special questions on music history A [ LMUSI2881 ]

None. This course is obligatory for students in musicology.

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.

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

Oral examination at the end of the session

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

Themes vary from a year to another.

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

Support: summary of the course and pedagogical material available in ppt files on i-campus, or through the departement ARKE or art history.