- Docente: Maria Semi
- Credits: 12
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Maria Semi (Modulo 1) Maria Semi (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Drama, Art and Music Studies (cod. 0956)
Course contents
What are, what have been, and what could musical aesthetics and the philosophy of music be? This class aims to give an overview of some of the major issues raised by this discipline by reading some of the works of one of the major thinkers of the Eighteenth century: Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The study of Rousseau’s works, which will be the object of the written examination, will provide many ideas to think about the philosophy of music in broader terms, even in different epochs and contexts.
Readings/Bibliography
Compulsory reading:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Scritti sulle arti, a cura di F. Bollino, Bologna, CLUEB, 1998 (2 ed.).
Alessandra Corbelli, L'estetica musicale di Jean-Jacques Rousseau, e-book to be fund in AlmaRE.
An anthology of texts selected by the teacher, to be found online in "materiali online" (Iol).
Graziella Seminara, pdf from her book onJean-Philippe Rameau to be found online in "materiali online" (Iol)..
[International students, and particularly francophone ones, can ask for a different bibliography and can read Rousseau in the original version, BUT they have to previously get in touch with the teacher and reach a written agreement]
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Assessment methods
Students will we assessed through two written tasks, to be performed in a strict chronological order:
1. Students have to write a paper (max 1500 words) in which they present one or more themes of Rousseau's musical aesthetics to their liking. The paper (containing name, surname, course and year of study, mail address) has to be handed in to the teacher on the day of the exams' sessions. [If you don't hand in the paper, you cannot proceed to the 2nd part of the written exam]
2. Students have to answer a written questionnaire, with open questions on the books they had to study. The student has two hours to complete the task.
"Copy and paste" practices and plagiarism are not to be tolerated.
Teaching tools
Audio & Video
Office hours
See the website of Maria Semi