B1694 - History and Historiography of Music of the Eighteenth Century (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student learns the outlines and gains important insights into the history and historiography of music of the eighteenth century; he/she also acquires the methodological tools to orient him/herself in the subject.

Course contents

The course will examine Beethoven's piano sonatas up to Op. 13, exploring their connections with other 19th-century sonatas and with the historical, social and editorial context.

Readings/Bibliography

Giorgio Sanguinetti, Le sonate per pianoforte di Beethoven. Genere, forma, espressione, Lucca, Libreria Musicale Italiana, 2020.

Leonardo Miucci, Tra apprendistato e genialità. Le Sonate dalle WoO 47 all'op. 13, Lucca, Libreria Musicale Italiana, 2022.

L. v. Beethoven, Klaviersonaten, vol. I, ed. by B. A. Wallner, München, Henle, 1952, pp. 1-163 (online <https://imslp.eu/files/imglnks/euimg/4/46/IMSLP621557-PMLP863228-beethoven--sonatas-vol1.pdf>)

 

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching methods

Listening lectures and analysis of Beethoven's early sonatas, discussions with the class-group.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral examination.

It will be assessed as excellent the performance of those students achieving an organic vision of the course contents, the use of a proper specific language, the originality of the reflection as well as the familiarity with the tools for analysing Beethoven's early sonatas. It will be assessed as discrete the performance of those students showing mostly mechanical or mnemonic knowledge of the subject, not articulated synthesis and analysis capabilities, a correct but not always appropriate language, as well as a scholastic study of the strategies for analysing Beethoven's early sonatas. It will be assessed as barely sufficient the performance of those students showing learning gaps, inappropriate language, lack of knowledge of the strategies for analysing Beethoven's early sonatas. It will be assessed as insufficient the performance of those students showing learning gaps, inappropriate language, no orientation within the recommended bibliography and inability to analyse Beethoven's early sonatas.

Teaching tools

Power point, video projections

Office hours

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