Paleography and languages of the early music

lmusi2460  2018-2019  Louvain-la-Neuve

Paleography and languages of the early music
5 credits
15.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2018-2019 !

Teacher(s)
Ceulemans Anne-Emmanuelle; Thoraval Fanch;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
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.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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Introducing the students to musical palaeography and pretonal musical languages, from the origins of musical notations (Carolingian period) until the 16th century.

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
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.
Teaching methods
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Evaluation methods
Written paper and oral examination.
Other information
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Online resources
Documentation on iCampus.
Bibliography
Lectures obligatoires :
- Willi APEL, La notation de la musique polyphonique : 900-1600, trad. de l'anglais par Jean-Philippe Navarre, Sprimont, Mardaga, 1997.
- Marie-Noëlle COLETTE, Marielle POPIN et Philippe VENDRIX, Histoire de la notation du Moyen Age à la Renaissance, Paris, Minerve, 2003.
Faculty or entity
ARKE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology