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Compositorial techniques before 1600 (module I)

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Course ID: 3106-1TEKO-KON
Erasmus code / ISCED: 03.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title: Compositorial techniques before 1600 (module I)
Name in Polish: Techniki kompozytorskie przed rokiem 1600 (moduł I)
Organizational unit: Institute of Musicology
Course groups: (in Polish) II rok I st. Muzykologia
(in Polish) Przedmioty modułowe dla II r. I st. (moduł I)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 1.50 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Prerequisites (description):

RENAISSANCE COMPOSITION: FROM A TECHNIQUE TO A SYMBOL


The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the world's musicological literature on Renaissance compositional techniques. On this basis, various types of using them will be discussed, as well as possible ways to give music a symbolic meaning.


Mode:

Classroom

Short description:

1. Introduction

2. Chant-based cantus firmus

3. Song-based cantus firmus.

4. Hexachord-based cantus firmus.

5. Multiple cantus firmus

6. Parody technique

7. Canon.

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge of selected issues in the field of Renaissance composition techniques in terms of the most eminent European and American musicologists.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Students are required to be present and actively participate in classes. They should report on one of the scientific articles proposed by the lecturer and provide a written version of its discussion. Seminar ends with a test.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Seminar, 15 hours, 18 places more information
Coordinators: Agnieszka Leszczyńska
Group instructors: Agnieszka Leszczyńska
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Grading
Type of course:

elective courses
obligatory courses

Mode:

Classroom

Short description:

RENAISSANCE COMPOSITION: FROM A TECHNIQUE TO A SYMBOL

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the world's musicological literature on Renaissance compositional techniques. On this basis, various types of using them will be discussed, as well as possible ways to give music a symbolic meaning

Full description:

1. Introduction

2. Chant-based cantus firmus

3. Song-based cantus firmus.

4. Hexachord-based cantus firmus.

5. Multiple cantus firmus

6. Parody technique

7. Canon.

Bibliography:

- B. J. Blackburn, The Virgin in the Sun: Music and Image for a Prayer Attributed to Sixtus IV, “Journal of the Royal Musical Association” 1999 nr 2

- M. J. Bloxam, Text and Context: Obrecht’s Missa de Sancto Donatiano in Its Social and Ritual Landscape, „Journal of the Alamire Foundation” 2011 nr 1

- W. Elders, Symbolic Scores. Studies in the Music of Renaissance, Leiden 1994

- A. Fiumara, "Escobedo's Missa Philippus Rex Hispanie: A Spanish Descendent of Josquin's

- J. Haar, A Wedding Mass by Lasso, “The Journal of Musicology” 1999 nr 1

- M. Long, Symbol and Ritual in Josquin's Missa Di Dadi, „Journal of the American Musicological Society” 1989 nr 1

- K. Schiltz, Music and Riddle Culture in the Renaissance, Cambridge 2015

- M. Steib, A Composer Looks at His Model: Polyphonic Borrowing in Masses from the Late Fifteenth Century, „Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis” 1996 nr 1

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Seminar, 15 hours, 18 places more information
Coordinators: Agnieszka Leszczyńska
Group instructors: Agnieszka Leszczyńska
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Grading
Type of course:

elective courses
obligatory courses

Mode:

Classroom

Short description:

RENAISSANCE COMPOSITION: FROM A TECHNIQUE TO A SYMBOL

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the world's musicological literature on Renaissance compositional techniques. On this basis, various types of using them will be discussed, as well as possible ways to give music a symbolic meaning

Full description:

1. Introduction

2. Chant-based cantus firmus

3. Song-based cantus firmus.

4. Hexachord-based cantus firmus.

5. Multiple cantus firmus

6. Parody technique

7. Canon.

Bibliography:

- B. J. Blackburn, The Virgin in the Sun: Music and Image for a Prayer Attributed to Sixtus IV, “Journal of the Royal Musical Association” 1999 nr 2

- M. J. Bloxam, Text and Context: Obrecht’s Missa de Sancto Donatiano in Its Social and Ritual Landscape, „Journal of the Alamire Foundation” 2011 nr 1

- W. Elders, Symbolic Scores. Studies in the Music of Renaissance, Leiden 1994

- A. Fiumara, "Escobedo's Missa Philippus Rex Hispanie: A Spanish Descendent of Josquin's

- J. Haar, A Wedding Mass by Lasso, “The Journal of Musicology” 1999 nr 1

- M. Long, Symbol and Ritual in Josquin's Missa Di Dadi, „Journal of the American Musicological Society” 1989 nr 1

- K. Schiltz, Music and Riddle Culture in the Renaissance, Cambridge 2015

- M. Steib, A Composer Looks at His Model: Polyphonic Borrowing in Masses from the Late Fifteenth Century, „Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis” 1996 nr 1

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