Objectives and competences

- to acknowledge and understand of the World history of music; - to develop the analitical listening, recognition and evaluation of the individual musical works; - to develop ability to place the works of art in their broader cultural frame; - to understand and apply music theory skills when dealing with the ICT; - interdisciplinary integration of content; - to develope the ability to think creatively, analytically and problematically, to study and research independently; - to develope the esthetic sensitivity for a high-quality sound environment.

Content (Syllabus outline)

- Definition and the importance of music history studies. - Music features of preancient and ancient cultures. - Early Christian Music (forms, perfomance prctice, music theory, notation). - Music of the Middle Ages (Gregorian Choral, development of notation, beginning of polyphony, Ars Antiqua, school of Notre Dame, profane medieval music, troubadour poetry and music, Ars Nova). - Early, High and Late Renaissance. Franco-Flemish schools. Music in German Lands in the 15th century. New vocal forms in Italy. School of Venice. School of Rome. French profane song. Reformation and music in Germany. Orlando di Lasso. Renaissance in England, Spain. - Instrumental music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. - Baroque: cultural and historical framework, tonal symbolism, musica poetica, monody, instrumentation, development of harmony and rhythm, basso continuo. Beginning and development of opera in Italy (Zarlino's theory). Opera in France, Germany, England. - Other vocal and instrumental forms in Baroque – formation and development. Instrumental music in Baroque. G. F. Händel. - J. S. Bach. Rococo. Opera in the 18th century in Italy, France, Germany. Beginning of Opera Comique. Reform by Gluck. - Instrumental music of Rococo.

Learning and teaching methods

- lectures, - individual assignments, - E-learning.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

On completion of this course the student will be able to: - Understand the impact of wider cultural conditions on music. - Recognize specific formal characteristics of a period in musical history. - Know the most important representatives and works of a period. - Link and understand the influence of other artistic forms on music. - Understand the influence of philosophical thought on the formation of aesthetic principals and merits in music.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Readings

- Grout, Donald Jay / Claude V. Palisca, A History of Western Music, New York: Norton, 2001. - Rothenberg, D., Holzer, R. R., Oxford Anthology of Western Music, Volume 1-2, New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. - Snoj, Jurij, Gregorijanski koral: glasboslovni prikaz, Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, 1999. - Snoj, Jurij, Umetnost glasbe v času od Monteverdija do Bacha, Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, 2017.

Prerequisits

None.