39596 - Documentation for the Musical Heritage

Learning outcomes

The course is intended as an introduction to the music as cultural heritage, to be studied through the interpretation of different kind of   iconographic, musical and textual documents.  Student will acquire the skill to understand and to contextualize the main typologies of musical sources.

Course contents

The course is organized in two sections. In the first one the main kind of sources concerning the musical heritage will be presented : musical scores and librettos, musical instruments, iconographic sources, etc.

 2. Transmission and reception of "northern" musical repertories as recorded in the Italian musical, textual and iconographic sources between 15th and  16th century.

The course will also include a series of seminars and working sessions, and guided tours to the Archivio Arcivescovile in Ravenna and to the  Museo Internazionale della Musica in Bologna.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Article Sources,  in The New Grove's Dictionnary of Music and Musicians, London, MacMilllan, 2001;

- F. A. GALLO, Historia civilis e Cultural Heritage, “Il Saggiatore Musicale”, VIII, 2001, n.1, pp. 15-20; 

2. -Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana MS Urbinate Latino 1411. Edizione Facsimile,Lucca, LIM Editrice, 2006;

- Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu, G Thibault & D. Fallows eds., Paris, Société Française de Musicologie, 1991.

- I. FENLON, Musica e stampa nell' Italia del Rinascimento, Milano, 2001.

- Venezia 1501. Petrucci e la stampa musicale, exib. catalogue,  I. Fenlon & P. Dalla Vecchia eds, Venezia, Edizioni della Laguna, 2001.

Further references will be distributed during the readings.

Teaching methods

Readings and seminars; the course will also include some cataloguing exercises and guided tours.

Assessment methods

Oral discussion.

Teaching tools

Slides Projector, PC, CD Player.

Office hours

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