Histoire de la musique du XVIIIè au XXè siècle

The main composers and landmarks of history of music, from XVIIth to XXth c., are presented in relation to their historical, cultural and esthetical context. Some esthetical issues shared by music and other forms of art (litterature, painting, architecture, sculpture) are exposed and the class is a reflexion on the role of musical works as cultural markers.

Objectives :

• to help the student to be familiar with musics

• to offer chronological landmarks of the evolution of Western music, from Antiquity to the present, in relation to the historical and cultural context

At the end of the course, the student must be able to:

1. associate music with painting, architectural works, as well as historical, literary, philosophical subjects considered in the other courses of the programme.

2. establish the main landmarks in the evolution of music, in relation to the historical and cultural context ; to be able to recognize a series of musical extracts considered during the class.

3. associate the creative process of music with other artistic manifestations.

Courses requiring this course

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Lectures

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

• DUBY, Georges (dir.), Atlas historique : l’histoire du monde en 317 cartes, Paris, Larousse, 1987.

• GROUT, Donald J., PALISCA, Claude, Burkholder, Peter, A History of Western Music, New York, Norton, 2010, 2 vol. , 2 CD boxes (+ 3 vols of scores for students in Musicology). (set book for the students in Musicology)

• HONEGGER, Marc (éd.), Dictionnaire de la Musique. Les hommes et leurs œuvres, Paris, Bordas, 1970.

• _________________ Dictionnaire de la Musique. Techniques, Formes, Instruments, Paris, Bordas, 1976.

• MICHELS, Ulrich, Guide illustré de la musique (trad. de l'Allemand), Paris, Fayard, 1988-1990.

• TRANCHEFORT, François-René, Les instruments de musique, Paris, Seuil, c.1980 (2 vol.) (set book for the students in Musicology)

Course notes

• Syllabus
• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Via secrétariat d'Histoire de l'art et archéologie (02/650.24.19)

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

Depending on the medical situation:
portfolio+ oral presentation

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Oral presentation : 50%

Portfolio: 50%

Language(s) of evaluation

• french