Duration
30h Th, 3d FT Tr. Pr.
Number of credits
Lecturer
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
History of western music from the beginnings ritual cantillation till the end of the Renaissance. The main stages in writing music, the functions of music and its societal conditions.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Knowledge of the major facts concerning the history of western music from 300 to 1600, both from a theoretical (names, concepts, dates, etc.) and a practical point of view (identifying the main trends through listening).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
A minimum of knowledge of the history of Europe is recommended.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course includes the audition of many musical works.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Recommended or required readings
The necessary educational documents will be made available to students.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Written examination: based on the documents and references delivered during the course.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
1 From ritual cantillation to Latin plains-songs 2 The romano-frankish plain-chant or "Gregorian chant" 3 Birth of musical notation and theory 4 Developments of plain-song and first polyphonies 5 Ars antiqua and Ars nova, Guillaume de Machaut 6 National Developments 7 Polyphonic Enrichments, Ars subtilior 8 Mass, from plain-song to music 9 Chanson and Madrigal 10 Instrumental music, Reformation, Counter-Reformation
Contacts
pvendrix@ulg.ac.be