HISTORY OF MUSIC PRODUCTION

The course is part of the historical-artistic teachings that characterize the Master’s Degree in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities (EGArt) It offers an in-depth analysis of the main concepts related to the different musical production systems, their historical development and provides methodological tools for understanding and critically discussing artistic-musical phenomena and their production, with particular reference to music theatre.

The course aims to provide the main coordinates of musical production systems focusing in particular on the opera house. Students will be able to understand the management mechanisms of the opera institution both from the point of view of its historical evolution and with respect to the modern planning of theatre seasons and artistic production.

In particular, the basic objectives of the course are:
- the ability to situate the various models of opera management and production from a historical perspective;
- acquire a basic methodology of scientific research on the subject;
- to develop a critical point of view with respect to the bibliography and the various analyses of case studies proposed during the lectures
- the ability to interact with experts in the sector.

No entry requirements are requested.

The course will be divided into two parts. The first will offer an overview of the historical evolution of opera theatre production systems from the beginning of the 17th century to the present day. The second part will focus on a specific case study: the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Thanks also to meetings with experts working in the key sectors of production and promotion, the course will follow the different stages of the creation of an opera (from compositional genesis to staging), including aspects of marketing and public outreach.

B. L. Glixon, J. E. Glixon, Inventing the business of opera: the impresario and his world in seventeenth-century Venice. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2006, pp. 3-33 e 109-224.
JOHN ROSSELLI, Il sistema produttivo 1780-1880, in Storia dell’opera italiana, IV: Il sistema produttivo e le sue competenze, a cura di Lorenzo Bianconi e Giorgio Pestelli, Torino, EdT, 1987, pp. 79-166.
FIAMMA NICOLODI, Il sistema produttivo dall’Unità a oggi, Storia dell’opera italiana, IV: Il sistema produttivo e le sue competenze, a cura di Lorenzo Bianconi e Giorgio Pestelli, Torino, EdT, 1987, pp. 167-229.
Organizzare musica. Legislazione, produzione, distribuzione, gestione nel sistema italiano, a cura di Cecilia Balestra e Alfonso Malaguti, Milano, Angeli, 2006, pp. 101-168.

Verification of the course preparation will be conducted by means of an oral examination. Three questions will be asked, relating to the contents of the textbooks and essays included in the programme.

Grading and assessment criteria:
The grading criteria will take into consideration the correctness and propriety in the use of theoretical lexicon (30%), the punctuality and extent of knowledge of the topics explored in depth in class and in any case learnt through the study of the exam bibliography (30%); the ability to critically elaborate the knowledge acquired to the case studies presented from time to time (30%), without forgetting a focus on the care of oral exposition (10%).

Grades in bands 18-22 will be awarded where the aforementioned points reach a sufficient level; grades in bands 23-26 will be awarded where the aforementioned points reach a fair level; grades in bands 27-30 will be awarded where the aforementioned points reach an excellent level; honours will be awarded where the aforementioned points reach an excellent level.

Frontal lessons integrated with readings, musical examples and guided listening. Expert contributions on specific course topics are planned.

Italian

During the first lesson the assessment methods and the structure of the course will be presented. Attendance 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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