B024682 - LABORATORY OF MUSIC

Italian

The laboratory trains students to produce a musicological text (bachelor-level dissertation, critical essay, concert program note, listening guide) according to appropriate scientific-musicological criteria. The laboratory provides information on the identification and correct use of bibliographic sources; it also provides the basic editorial skills for computer editing of a relatively complex text.

1. Giuliano Bellorini, Scrivere di musica. Una breve guida per la ricerca, Roma, Carocci, 2020.
2. Carlo Fiore, Preparare e scrivere la tesi in musica, Firenze, Sansoni, 2000 (.pdf del volume reso disponibile dal Conservatorio di Musica “A. Scarlatti” di Palermo sul sito della Società Editrice di Musicologia, http://www.sedm.it/sedm/it/saper-bramate.html).

A. Knowledge and Understanding: knowledge of the general characteristics of the musical bibliography and of the different types of bibliographic-musical repertoires, knowledge relating to the drafting of the text, notes, bibliographical references.
B. Applying Knowledge and Understanding: write a musicological text (identify a topic and the relevant bibliography; use primary and secondary sources correctly; apply editorial guidelines; organize a text and compose it in the form of a written paper).
C. Making Judgements: classroom exercises, courseworks.
D. Communication Skills: use of specific and competent language supported by adequate written processing skills
E. Learning Skills: autonomously use dictionaries, repertoires and specific resources and know how to make the most of them for research; knowing how to organize and write independently and correctly a musicological text.

Basic knowledge of the history of music. The ability to understand and use basic musical terminology is required.

Lectures and classroom exercises. Assignment of courseworks to be complete between lessons.

Further materials will be uploaded on the Moodle platform during the course.

Written text with topic assigned by the teacher which demonstrates familiar with the research and with the acquisition of sources, as well as with the application of the editorial and formatting conventions.

– The importance of musical research.
- Written text: definition of the topic and setting of the work. Use of reference and research materials.
- Use of technology for the musicological research: repertoires and online resources (opac, rilm, jstor, etc.).
- Use of sources in a written text, notes, bibliographic references.
- Computer writing: layout and editing of the text, insertion of data, images, musical examples, etc.