87596 - Introduction to the Study of Music II

Learning outcomes

The educational aims of teaching are the transmission of musical knowledge as a fundamental part of the history of culture and the enhancement of the ethical and social functions connected to it. At the end of the course, the student is able to use a plurality of texts and materials (textbook, historical-epistemological critical texts, books / popular texts, websites, etc.) for teaching purposes; he/she is able to build teaching units, in particular connected with the listening. The student acquired the traditional and innovative methodologies for teaching music history at secondary school level; he/she is fully aware of the methodological perspectives that allow us to contextualize the main musical forms and practices in the history of human culture.

Course contents

The course is accessible to students who already have a base of musical knowledge and who have already followed at least one other musicological teaching. It is aimed at those who wish to deepen their knowledge also with a view to the possible teaching of musicological subjects in schools of all levels.

The educational purposes of the teaching concern the enhancement of the ethical, social and cultural function of listening and performing music through an anthropological approach (emotions, human relationships, etc.) centered on situations in which music becomes an occasion for human promotion and individual and social redemption.

The teaching objective of the course consists of learning the necessary knowledge for a music education embedded in cultural history.

Foreign students are required to ask for the program at least one month before the exams, writing to: donatella.restani@unibo.it

The course is divided into two parts.

In the first part, it addresses the different positions on the need to propose a renewal in the methods of teaching History of Music.

In the second part, which will be in seminar form, it is proposed to apply this rethinking to the history of music in the Middle Ages, drawing both on publications of a didactic nature, in particular music history manuals, and on the issues debated by the most up-to-date musicology in national and international fora.

"The Words of Music" continues, delving into some elements of musical knowledge and musical genres from the 14th to the 20th century not covered by Introduction to Music I.

Readings/Bibliography

All course materials will be available on the Virtuale platform, where you will also find specific exam preparation methods for both attending and non-attending students.

M. Bent, Il mestiere del musicologo, in Enciclopedia della musica, II, Torino, Einaudi, 2002, pp. 575-590;

P. Vendrix, Concezioni diverse della storia musicale, in Enciclopedia della musica, II, Torino, Einaudi, 2002, pp. 591-610;

S. Facci, Multiculturalismo nell'educazione musicale, in Enciclopedia della musica, II, Torino, Einaudi, 2002, pp. 863-879;

G. La Face Bianconi e L. Bianconi, Il mandato intellettuale dei musicologi nella costruzione della cittadinanza europea, "Il Saggiatore musicale", "Musica docta", 2013, pp. 1-5;

G. Giuriati, Per una didattica delle musiche del mondo: strumenti critici e risorse, "Musica docta", 2020, pp. 145-157.

Atlante storico della musica nel Medioevo, a cura di V. Minazzi e C. Ruini, Milano, Jaca Book 2011.

F. Della Seta, Breve lessico musicale, Roma, Carocci, 2014 (II ed.).

The bibliography of the manuals to be consulted will be indicated during the lectures and subsequently published among the teaching materials on the Virtuale platform.

For non-attending students, it is suggested to integrate the previous programme by reading two articles from the volume: Music in Schools from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age, ed. by P. Dessì, Turnhout, Brepols, 2021, whose index is given below:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction. Docere and discere: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Music in Schools — PAOLA DESSÌ

At School for Governance: Paolino da Venezia and Music — F. ALBERTO GALLO

I. STUDIUM

La musica nel curriculum delle artes delle università italiane nel Quattrocento: fra teoria e prassi— PAOLO ROSSO

Transmission and Adaption of Musical Knowledge in 16th-Century German Universities: Professors, Students, and their Books — INGA MAI GROOTE

The Musical Training of University Students in the 16th Century and the libri amicorum — PAOLA DESSÌ

II. MAGISTRI, ALUMNI ET SCHOLARES

Music between scientia and ars in Giacomo Zabarella — LETTERIO MAURO

Musica tra le pareti domestiche a Padova nei secoli XV e XVI: dagli ensemble di docenti universitari ai singoli strumenti di studenti e commercianti — ELDA MARTELLOZZO FORIN

Ascolti comparati tra l’Alexandreis di Quilichino e la Trecentesca Istoria di Alessandro Magno di Domenico Scolari — DONATELLA RESTANI

III. SCHOLA

Music Teaching in Montagnana: Organization, Methods, and Repertories — ALESSANDRA IGNESTI

Canto piano e strategie pedagogiche in Adrien Bourdoise — XAVIER BISARO †

Don Paolo Galliero e la scuola di grammatica e musica di Tribano (Padova) — DILVA PRINCIVALLI

IV. WORKSHOPS AND ACADEMIES

“Si dilettò in giovanezza della scherma e di sonare il liuto”. Painters-Musicians in Giorgio Vasari’s Lives — ALESSANDRA PATTANARO

“La musica è diletta al cavallo”. Musical Paradigms in Equestrian Academies of the Renaissance — GAVINA CHERCHI

Teaching methods

Audiovisuals, pc, films and, among all, listening will be used during the lessons.

The teaching includes both conferences and seminar teaching with focus groups, as well as individual exercises that will be the subject of the first part of the assessment for learning.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral interview on both teaching modules. For attending students it will be introduced by the exposition of their individual exercise.

The assessment will primarily concern:

- the description of the music in its technical and historical-cultural elements;

- secondly, the ability to critically orientate oneself on the manuals in use;

- lastly and above all, the ability to build an educational path will be assessed, using a plurality of texts and materials (textbook, texts of historical-epistemological criticism, books / popular texts, websites, etc.) and making use of the possibilities of relational impact typical of listening to music.

The final evaluation will follow the following indications:

- insufficient: lack of basic knowledge and incorrect or misleading interpretation of the topics;

- sufficient: basic knowledge; mainly correct interpretation but carried out with terminological imprecision and little autonomy.

- good: intermediate level knowledge; fully correct interpretation, but not always precise and autonomous.

- excellent grade: high level knowledge; interpretation of problems not only correct but conducted with autonomy and precision. Excellent oral expression skills.

Teaching tools

PC with video projector, sound reproduction instruments, video tools.

Students with DSA have the possibility to contact the professor for the activation of adequate support tools provided for the exam, writing to: donatella.restani@unibo.it

Students with DSA are requested to contact the Professor for the activation of adequate support tools provided for the exam.

Students can take 2 more CFU attending the DIDACTIC LABORATORY “MUSICAL EXPERIENCES IN TRAVELOGUES”.

Responsible: prof. Donatella Restani, in collaboration with Dott.ssa Alessia Zangrando (PhD 37th cycle).

Content: The didactic laboratory “Musical Experiences in Travelogues” proposes to look at travel literature as a source for the study of music between ancient and modern times in order to gather new data for the study of communities that have no written musical tradition and are considered “distant” in a geographical, chronological or cultural sense.

The aim is to valorise the material and immaterial aspects of these types of sources and to reflect on the need to look at a still little-known musical heritage with an interdisciplinary approach through the analysis of manuscripts, iconographic representations and musical notation. Students will also be encouraged to consider the problems related to the musical terminology used in the travelogues and the classification of the reported sound experiences. Finally, an Excel file will be populated with the collected data, which will feed into a relational database.

Max number of students: 10

Running period: April-May 2023

Laboratory teaching: there will be 4 meetings (one per month) of 2 hours each

CFU: 2

How to access: send an email to donatella.restani@unibo.it and in cc to alessia.zangrando2@unibo.it

Venue: Possible online and in presence teaching.

Links to further information

https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/home

Office hours

See the website of Donatella Restani