Musical Instrument as an Extention of Voice and Expressional Potential
General data
Course ID: | 3106-IMjM-OG |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
03.2
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Course title: | Musical Instrument as an Extention of Voice and Expressional Potential |
Name in Polish: | Instrument muzyczny jako przedłużenie głosu i jako medium |
Organizational unit: | Institute of Musicology |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Fakultety, Pracownie, OG General university courses General university courses in the humanities |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
2.00
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | general courses |
Short description: |
Study of the musical instruments’ symbolism, their communicative and aesthetic / expressional functions and uses in the light of ancient literature, history of music and ethnomusicological research. |
Full description: |
The lecture is dedicated to interpretations of music instruments as a both self-sufficient and complementary world of music in organic union with vocal potential of human beings. This topic is discussed in relation to music history, anthropology of music and ethnomusicology. There will be presented as well as ancient texts on musical instruments as contemporary ethnotheories made out from field research. The lectures will focus on anthropomorphic aspects in the instruments’ construction, terminology and performance practice regarding also problems of musical aesthetics and specificity of folk and professional instrumentarium. |
Bibliography: |
A vast literature on musical instrumentology in different languages cited in the course of particular lectures. |
Learning outcomes: |
Holistic understanding of instrumental music in synergy with vocal tradition as interpreted in history of music and ethnomusicological reserach. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Evaluation based on attendance and texts written individually pertaining to contents of the lecture. |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)
Time span: | 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26 |
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Type of class: |
Seminar, 30 hours, 20 places
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Coordinators: | Piotr Dahlig | |
Group instructors: | Piotr Dahlig | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
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Seminar - Grading |
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