Course teached as: B003175 - ETNOMUSICOLOGIA 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in PROJECT AND MANAGEMENT FOR CULTURAL ENTERPRISE
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course consists in two parts: Part 1: Ethnomusicology. Fundamentals of musical language. Ethnomusicological studies in the world. Ethnmusicological studies in Italy Part 2: Popular Music Studies. Sets of the musical text in popular music. Groove, riff, melodic contours, armony.
Modulo 1. Ethnomusicology:
a) Maurizio Agamennone et al, Grammatica della musica etnica, Bulzoni, Roma 1991. b) Curt Sachs, Le sorgenti della musica, Boringhieri, Torino,1979 (soltanto capitoli 1 e 2, fino a p. 148).
c) Maurizio Agamennone,
Musica e tradizione orale nel Salento. Le registrazioni di Alan Lomax e Diego Carpitella (agosto 1954), con 3 CD allegati, Squilibri, Roma, 2017. d) Maurizio Agamennone, Festival, feste, eventi e patrimonio immateriale: alla ricerca della tradizione, in “Acoustical Arts and Artifacts AAA-TAC Technology, Aesthetics, Communication”, 7-2010, F. Serra ed., Pisa-Roma, 2011: pp. 151-166.
Modulo 2. Popular Music Studies:
e) Allan P. Moore, Come si ascolta la Popular Music, in Enciclopedia della Musica I, Il Novecento, Einaudi, Torino, 2001: pp. 701-718.
f) Maryse Souchard, Rap e protesta sociale, in Enciclopedia della Musica I, Il Novecento, Einaudi, Torino, 2001: pp. 729-742.
g) John Shepherd, Maschile/femminile nella musica dei giovani, in Enciclopedia della Musica I, Il Novecento, Einaudi, Torino, 2001: pp. 743- 763.
h) Simha Arom e Denis-Constant Martin, Commercio, esotismo e creazione nella “World Music”. Un approccio sociologico e musicologico, in M. Agamennone e G. L. Di Mitri (a cura di), L’eredità di Diego Carpitella, Besa, Nardò (LE), 2003: 277-299.
i) Jacques Hains, Dal rullo di cera al CD, in Enciclopedia della Musica I, Il Novecento, Einaudi, Torino, 2001: pp. 783-819.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge:
Fundamentals in musical language in a trans-cultural perspective. Historical survey on studies in ethnomusicology
Competencies: interpret the socio-cultural context in which the musicians act; understanding the evolution of ethnomusicological studies; understand the peculiar traits of certain musical traditions; understand the meaning of intercultural dialogue in the contemporary musical practices; interpret the main processes and practices in "popular music".
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Direct class lasts three hours during three months, having continuous restort to sound and visual sources
Further information
The course consists in two parts: Part 1: Ethnomusicology. Part 2: Popular Music Studies
Type of Assessment
The examination is oral. During the test the student must demonstrate: a) to know the arguments relating to the course program and to understand the main conceptual categories; b) to express their views with command of language and knowledge of technical terminology; c) to know the main elements of the grammar of music and the interpretative and analytical methods of ethnomusicological studies.
Course program
Part 1 Ethnomusicology: Fundamentals in musical language (tempo, metre and rhythm; types of musical scales; the melody; polyphony; modes and armony). The musical transcription. Historical survey on studies in ethnomusicology, from comparative musicology to contemporary scientific investigations. Analysis of musical genres an repertoires in some specific musical cultures.
Part 2 Popular Music Studies: Sets of musical text in Popular Music. Groove, riff, melodic contours, armony in Popular Music.