2019-2020 / MUSI0044-1

Introduction to the history of musical theory

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in ancient and modern languages and literatures5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5 crédits 
 Bachelor in information and communication5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5 crédits 
 Bachelor in philosophy5 crédits 
 Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5 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

The course will present this year a panorama of different approaches to modal questions in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, using the theoreticians of Antiquity. He will then compare these perspectives with the new issues provided by ethnomusicology.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The modal theories of the Middle Ages, main figures of theoreticians, references to Antiquity and developments in the Renaissance.

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 Each course includes a lecture section and a part of tutorials, case studies on historical documents.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

Daniel SAULNIER, The Gregorian Modes, Solesmes, 1999, 208 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

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Assessment subjects

For the 2nd session, the assessment will be in the form of a homework assignment sent by email.

Assessment methods

For the 2nd session, the assessment will be in the form of a homework assignment sent by email.

Contacts

dsaulnier@ulg.ac.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts