Ateneo - UPO

FORMS AND GENRES OF WESTERN MUSIC

Lecture notes and materials on Dir.
Paul Griffiths, Breve Storia della Musica, Torino, Einaudi, 2007.

For attending students, the 6 CFU for the course are broken down as follows: 1.2 CFU (30 hours) of lectures and interactive teaching (active student participation cannot be measured proportionally in advance); 4.8 CFU (120 hours) of self-study.

- objectives - knowledge and understanding: To know some basic forms and genres of Western classical music, including in their evolution
- objectives - ability to apply knowledge and understanding: Ability to listen critically and independently (at least at elementary level) to classical music Know how to recognize musical forms and identify them historically
- objectives - expression of judgments: To be able to recognize the data necessary for the description/definition of musical genres and forms
- objectives - communication skills: To know how to present genres, pieces analyzed and authors studied with appropriate vocabulary and language.
- objectives - study skills: To be able to understand basic manuals and analyze (in elementary form) works belonging to the Western classical tradition.

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Workshop with lectures, analysis and listening to pieces from the Western tradition. Listening and analysis exercises. Individual study and reworking. Online materials through the DIR service.

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request
specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse
e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-
students-physical-or-learning-disabilities. Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted
the University Staff, must contact the teacher in charge of the course to define the examination
modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Oral examination. It consists of two open-ended questions designed to assess the student's ability to illustrate the historical framework and to link musical data and method of analysis.
No marks are awarded; the assessment is pass/fail only
An answer will be deemed unsatisfactory if it displays at least one of the following characteristics: significant gaps and a lack of focus within the topic under examination; incorrect understanding of concepts and listening/analysis methods; the mere reproduction or rote listing of concepts or definitions, without the necessary conceptual links; a complete lack or incorrect use of examples.

The course will provide the basic knowledge on Western Classical Music (Forms and Genres: sacred music, symphony, concerto, opera). The aquired knowledge will be applied in the analysis of small musical samples

KNOWLEDGE -To develop theoretical knowledge of the discipline by becoming familiar with the phenomena of Western musical history
SKILLS -To be able to recognize and classify in the proposed and analyzed musical documents the phenomena presented theoretically; to be able to define and illustrate the notions discussed in class.
TRANSVERSAL SKILLS -To know how to clearly and circumstantially describe the main phenomena, using specific terminology appropriately; to know how to explore topics in depth on specific textbooks

For the levels of competence, ability and knowledge see METHODS OF ASSESSING LEARNING.