HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

The course aims to introduce attending students to the topical moments in the history of modern and contemporary music.

The student will acquire basic notions on the history of modern and contemporary music, both formal and historical; the composers and their works will be placed in the artistic context of the time.

The student is informed about the main events of the XVII-XX centuries, through the chronologies that will be found on the course page. The student is informed about the main events of the XVII-XX centuries, through the chronologies that will be found on the course page. Read in the volume indicated in the bibliography the items dedicated to the symphonies of the authors mentioned in the course program. For the general arrangement see The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music, ed. by Jim Samson, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001 («The Cambridge History of Music»), passim.

Mahler.

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) is one of the greatest composers of all time and every country. Author above all of Lieder and symphonies which, although an expression of his time, asked critics, less than the public, for a suitable period before being assimilated and entering the world repertoires, he was also one of the most important conductor of the fin de siècle, as well as superintendent of important theaters in Europe, among which the Vienna State Opera stands out.
In the face of the misunderstandings of which he was signaled, he wrote: "my time will come". Today his art, which demands rigor and virtuosity from orchestras and performers and still remains difficult to achieve, is finally 'popular', and it is necessary to understand the reasons for it, placing his work in the post-romantic European tradition. It will also be the Mahler conductor, and the Viennese cartellono managed by him.

Knowledge of the main symphony of the greatest composers of the 19th century, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssoh, Robert Schumann, Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms, Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij, Antonín Dvořák is required. The individual pieces will be indicated in the first lessons.

Homepage: http://www-5.unipv.it/girardi/2021_SMMC/SMMC_2021.htm
Exam Program:

Ugo Duse, Gustav Mahler, Torino, Einaudi, 1973.
Henry-Louis de La Grange, Gustav Mahler. La vita, le opere, Torino, EDT, 2011.
Giacomo Manzoni, Guida all’ascolto della musica sinfonica, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1973.

Secondary literature on Mahler in Venetian libraries:

https://polovea.sebina.it/SebinaOpac/query/gustav%20mahler?bib=VEAFL&bib=VEAAT&bib=VEAQS&bib=VEAPG&bib=VEACG&bib=VEAAB&bib=VEABP&bib=VEAMV&bib=VEASN&bib=VEABC&bib=VEAMF&bib=VEACO&bib=VEAPA&bib=VEAAN&bib=VEAAV&bib=VEACP&bib=VEABA&bib=VEAVE&bib=VEAAC&bib=VEA&context=catalogo

Oral examinatione: interview on the topics discussed in the course

Lectures, with the help of all the tools of computer science, to propose material in video, diagrams, read and discuss on-line bibliography, musical examples also on the piano.

Italian

During the first lesson the articulation of the course will be illustrated. Presence is recommended.

Ca ’Foscari applies Italian law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) for the support and accommodation services available to students with disabilities or specific learning disabilities. If you have a motor, visual, hearing or other disability (Law 17/1999) or a specific learning disorder (Law 170/2010) and you require support (classroom assistance, technological aids for carrying out exams or exams individualized, accessible format material, note retrieval, specialist tutoring to support the study, interpreters or other) contact the Disability and DSA office disita@unive.it.

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