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. 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.

Arias, romances, Lieder, chansons, mélodies, Songs: from Monteverdi to the Beatles.

The human being sings: if he is sad, happy, if he has drunk too much, if he is sentimental, when he courts another, or if he cries, in community, alone, in concert halls, in the halls of buildings, anywhere. In this module we will study vocal music of different eras and their respective forms, in a chronological span that goes from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. The title of the course is borrowed from a recital by Cathy Berberian, a brilliant voice between styles and eras, never regretted enough. To get a taste of its versatility I recommend the vision of There music and music, RAI, V. Mille e una voce (episode recorded in 1972), and as an example of stylistic hybridization Ticket to Ride (1965), by the Beatles in comparison with the neo-baroque version of the Berberian, made by Louis Andriessen.

The single pieces will be indicated in the first lessons.

Homepage: http://www-5.unipv.it/girardi/2022_SMMC/SMMC_2022.htm

Ugo Duse, Gustav Mahler, Torino, Einaudi, 1973.
OTTÒ KÀROLYI, La grammatica della musica [Introducing Music, 1965], Torino, Einaudi, 2000.
Enciclopedia della musica Einaudi, edizione speciale per «il Sole 24 ore». © 2006, vol. I, REINHARDT STROHM, Aria e Recitativo. Dalle origini all’Ottocento, pp. 416-429 (>); vol. IV, FRANCO FABBRI, La canzone, pp. 551-576; ROSSANA DALMONTE, Musica e parole, in Enciclopedia della musica, diretta da Jean-Jacques Nattiez, vol. II (Il sapere musicale), Torino, Einaudi, 2002, pp. 185-205.
PAOLO FABBRI, Accoppiamenti giudiziosi di musica e poesia: il caso del madrigale, «Il Saggiatore musicale», XII, n. 1, 2005, pp. 29-33.

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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