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 Each course includes a lecture section and a part of tutorials, case studies on historical documents.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