2018-2019 / MUSI0045-1

Questions relating to the history of music theory

Duration

30h SEM

Number of credits

 Master in history of art and archaeology : musicology (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in history of art and archaeology : musicology (60 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Philippe Vendrix

Substitute(s)

Daniel Saulnier

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

After a contextualization of the question of notation in the general framework of musical theory, the course will be devoted to the invention of musical notation in the West, and in particular to its different stages from the Carolingian era to the end of the Renaissance.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Main figures of theorists, schools of notation and musical conceptions: the West in the light of its antique, Latin and Greek roots.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Foundations of the current theory of music. Ability to "read" music. A minimum of historical knowledge.

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 Each course includes a lecture section and a part of tutorials, case studies on historical documents.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.
After each course, the teaching materials are available through a link to a dedicated website.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written final exam: a paper essay, prepared by the student's research.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Seminar given by Daniel Saulnier

Contacts

pvendrix@ulg.ac.be
dsaulnier@ulg.ac.be