Introduction to Music Studies

Year
0
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
01012693
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Classes are organized to encourage the students’ active involvement in learning, fostering student teacher interaction.

The theoretical exposition will be illustrated with musical examples and documentation.

Presentation and discussion of work done by students on topics or texts previously indicated.

Learning Outcomes

General objectives:

Understanding the various aspects related to Music Studies. Encourage and develop the capacity for critical skills.

Specific objectives:

- Understand the scope of study, major issues and tools for research in most areas associated with musicology: Music History, Theory and Analysis, Sociology and Psychology, Criticism and Aesthetics of Music.

- Understand the scope of study, major issues and tools for research in the area of musical genres and repertoire: World Music, Early Music, Opera and Concert, Jazz, Folk Music, Music in Film and Television.

- Understand the scope of study, major issues and tools for research in the areas of more practical: Performance, Composition, Music Technology.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- The scope of the study, major issues and tools for research in most areas associated with musicology: Music History, Theory and Analysis, Sociology and Psychology, Criticism and Aesthetics of Music.

- The scope of study, major issues and tools for research in the area of repertoire and genres: World Music, Early Music, Opera and Concert, Jazz, Folk Music, Music in Film and Television.

- Understand the scope of study, major issues and tools for research in the areas of more practical: Performance, Composition, Music Technology.

Head Lecturer(s)

Paulo Eugénio Estudante Dias Moreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

BEARD, David; Kenneth, GLOAG, (eds.) Musicology: The Key Concepts, Routledge, 2005.

BERGERON, Katherine & BOHLMAN, Philip V. (eds.), Disciplining Music: Musicology and Its Canons, Chicago University Press, 1992.

BLANNING, Tim, The Triumph of Music: Composers, Musicians and Their Andiences, 1700 to the Present, Penguin Books, 2008.

COOK, Nicholas, Music: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 1998.

COOK, Nicholas; EVERIST, Mark (eds.), Rethinking Music, Oxford University Press, 2001.

HARPER-SCOTT, J. P. E.; SAMSON, Jim, (eds.) An Introduction to Music Studies, Cambridge University Press, 2009.