Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will present a panorama of the history of musical theory of Greek antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Main figures of theoretician, schools of notation and modal conceptions.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Fundaments of the current theory of music. Ability to "read" music.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar. Each course includes a lecture section and a part of tutorials, case studies on historical documents.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Marie-Noël COLETTE, Marielle POPIN et Philippe VENDRIX, Histoire de la notation du Moyen Age à la Renaissance, Paris, Minerve, 2003, 206 p.
David HILEY, Western plainchant, Oxford Clarendon Press, 1993, chapter 4.
Daniel SAULNIER, Gregorian modes, Solesmes, 2002.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written final exam: a paper essay, prepared by the student's research.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Substitution of Philippe Vendrix