Moments and problems in History of European non theatrical music from 1830 approx. to the end of the twentieth century, with insights on some of the most representative works.
Bibliography, in addiction to lectures notes and materials - slides, scores etc. - available on moodle platform:
1) R. Di Benedetto, Romanticismo e scuole nazionali nell'Ottocento, in Storia della musica, Torino, EDT, 1991, vol. 8: capp. I, II (parr. 6,7, 8), III (parr. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15), IV (parr. 17, 19, 20), V (par. 20)
2) F. Della Seta, Italia e Francia nell’Ottocento, in Storia della musica, Torino, EDT, 1991, vol. 9, cap. III, pp. 137-161
3) - G. Salvetti, La nascita del Novecento e Andrea Lanza, Il secondo Novecento, in Storia della musica, Torino, EDT, risp. vol. 10 (capp. I-III) e vol. 12
Alternatively, for all n.3:
- E. Surian, Manuale di Storia della Musica, vol. IV: Il Novecento, Milano Rugginenti, 2007
Learning Objectives
Knowledge of the history of European art music from the mid-nineteenth century to the late twentieth century approx. Critical reading of some of the most representative works.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Further information
None
Type of Assessment
Final oral examination
Course program
Music in the nineteenth century: issues of periodization and themes; Lieder by Schubert; new piano (Schumann, Chopin, Liszt); music and poetry, program music; new symphonic (Berlioz); the symphonic poem; resumption of symphonic (Brahms Mahler); Paris and the avant-garde (Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Stravinsky, the Six); expressionism, atonality (Schoenberg and the second Viennese school); musical neoclassicism; twelve-tone music. Perspectives on the second half of twentieth century.