HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

The course is part of the Master's Degree in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities (EGArt). The course aims to provide students with in-depth knowledge of the history of modern and contemporary music of French production. These topics are of fundamental importance for those wishing to deal with the management of cultural activities; therefore, adequate knowledge of them is part of the educational path of this master's degree course.

The aim of the course is to acquire in-depth skills in the field of music history and French musical culture between the 19th and 20th centuries. At the end of the lessons, students will have a conscious critical ability to deal with the examination of musical texts produced on French soil and to contextualize them in the rich and multifaceted historical-cultural context of the period under examination.

This course requires the ability to read music and the knowledge of the fundamentals of musical grammar. A basic preparation of the history of modern and contemporary music, acquired in the three-year degree courses, is also required.

During the lessons, the production of composers will be investigated in depth in the perspective of the musical languages that followed one another in France from the 19th century to the full 20th century.
First of all, we will try to reconstruct the complex French political-historical-cultural context of the time with the aim of framing the work and production of the musicians, as well as their collaboration with artists belonging to other disciplines.
We will therefore proceed to illustrate some titles considered among the most representative of the various cultural currents of the period analysed, taking into consideration pieces destined for ensembles and different contexts (opera theatre, scene music, film music, symphonic music, dance music, chamber music etc.), and taking into account the rich phenomenon of the interrelationship between the arts, characteristic of the time.

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In any case, the final exam will evaluate if the students have acquired the knowledge delivered in the course, their argumentative skills, their ability to communicate the different positions with critical awareness as well as their capacity to apply the contents of the course to the relevant contexts.

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