Curricular Unit: Musical Analysis VI
Code: LCM013
ECTS: 2
Cientific Area: Musical Sciences
Learning Outcomes
The aim of this curricular unit is to establish a connection between the music of the Second Viennese School and the other musical streams in the first half of the 20th century with the music of the post-war period. Students will study some of the main languages in use in the music of this last period. An overview of the Pitch Class Set theory is also given.
Syllabus
> Webern heritage and the integral serialism;
> Messiaen’s music: limited transposition modes and rhythm treatment techniques;
> Some of the techniques used by Varèse, Penderecki and Ligeti;
> Concrete music, electronic music and electroacoustic music: Schaeffer and Stockhausen;
> Other languages such as the microtonalism, the expectral music and the minimalism;
> Overview of Pitch Class Set theory.
Teaching Methodologies
The curricular unit consists of fourteen one and a half hour-long sessions. A list of repertory will be previously sent to students. Students, in each session, analyze one work (or a segment of a work). Whenever necessary, technical aspects related to the given subject are addressed separately.
Bibliography
Adler, S. (2002). The Study of Orchestration. Nova Iorque: W. W. Norton & Company
Dunsby, J. & Whittall, A. (1988). Music Analysis in Theory and Practice. Londres: Faber Music Ltd
Forte, A. & Gilbert, S. E. (1982). Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis. Nova Iorque: W. W. Norton & Company
Hill, P. (1995). The Messiaen Companion. Londres: Faber and Faber
Kostka, St. & Payne D. (1995). Tonal Harmony with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music. Nova Iorque: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Kostka, St. (1999). Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music. Hoboken, New Jersey: Prentice Hall
Morgan, R. P. (1991). Twentieth-Century Music – a history of musical style in modern Europe and America. Nova Iorque: W. W. Norton & Company
Lester, J. (1989). Analytic approaches to Twentieth-century Music. Nova Iorque: W. W. Norton & Company
Palisca, C. V., Ed. (1988). Norton Anthology of Western Music, 2nd Ed. Londres: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Teaching Staff
Emanuel Frazão