Music in ancient times

obligatory courses

The class focuses on the music of various ancient cultures, and issues of research methods arising from the specificity of the sources will also be addressed.

The lecture is devoted to the music of various ancient cultures of the world. Particular emphasis is placed on the tradition of European antiquity in the context of Mediterranean cultures and civilisations, but sources for the knowledge of ancient Chinese music will also be presented, as well as music monuments of selected cultures of the Americas (Central and South America) and their interpretations. Questions of research methods and issues of directions and possibilities of interpreting sources will also be addressed.

In the course of the lectures the topics will be presented:

1. sources for the study of music of antiquity

2. The earliest traces of human musical activity - a chronological overview

3. Music and the gods

4. The sonority of the cosmos

5. Considerations on the effect of music on man

6. Sound and sound systems - theoretical concepts and practice

7. Notation and the discovery of the content of musical monuments

8. Archaeomusicology - reconstructions

9. Contemporary examples of reviving ancient music.

GRAVES Robert: Mity greckie, PIW, Warszawa 1982, chapters:

- Pelazgijski mit o stworzeniu

- Orfeusz

- Natura i poczynania Apollina

- Natura i poczynania Pana

GRUSZCZYŃSKA-ZIÓŁKOWSKA Anna: Koncert w Hadesie: jaskinia i grota jako źródła dźwiękowych inspiracji in: „Mit Orfeusza”, ed. Sławomira Żerańska-Kominek, Wydawnictwo Słowo/ Obraz Terytoria, Gdańsk 2003

LUKIAN Z SAMOSAT: Dialog o tańcu

PLATON: Timajos

WEST Martin L.: Muzyka starożytnej Grecji, Wydawnictwo Homini, Kraków 2003,

chapters:

- Teoria

- Zapisy muzyczne

Obligatory iconography:

serie Musikgeschichte in Bildern, VEB Deutcher Verla Für Musik, Leipzig, volumes:

- WEGNER Max: Griechenland

- HICKMANN Hans: Ägypten

- RASHID Subhi Anwar: Mesopotamien

Upon completion of the course the student:

- has an in-depth and structured knowledge of the types of sources for the study of music of antiquity, knows how to indicate their examples;

- is familiar with the time and place of occurrence of selected musical cultures of antiquity, and knows how to indicate their most important features and achievements.

Written colloquium on lecture and reading material.