Introduction to 20th century music

Course Information
TitleΕισαγωγή στη μουσική του 20ού αιώνα / Introduction to 20th century music
CodeΥΕ0133
FacultyFine Arts
SchoolMusic Studies
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CommonNo
StatusInactive
Course ID160001350
Class Information
Academic Year2016 – 2017
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600052590
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Through this course, students are expected to: * Develop a personal understanding and critical appreciation of the changes brought onto musical life, and onto music's relationship with everyday life, during the 20th century • Familiarise themselves with a broad spectrum of repertoire from the last 100+ years • Broaden their general knowledge and appreciation of knowledge fields that are related to music, including fine arts, literature, social history and philosophy • Develop basic skills for individual study and research, as well as for group discussion on key topics
General Competences
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course is aimed primarily at prospective composition students (for whom it is compulsory) but can also be taken up by any student who would like to get acquainted with the heterogeneous musical legacy of the last century, and to be able to articulate informed judgments concerning terms such as "avant-garde", "modern", "contemporary", "experimental" or "post-modern" music. We will primarily focus on listening and discussing renowned as well as more obscure works which opened up new paths for composers and performers alike, and which made their mark on the troubled history of the last century or were defined by it. COURSE OUTLINE 1. Introduction: The world before and after the 20th century 2. The breakdown of tonality 3. Texture & Timbre 4. Time & Rhythm 5. Structure & Form 6. «New Music» 7. Noise 8. In dialogue with the other arts 9. Space & matter 10. New technologies & new practices 11. Ideology & Politics 12. The Music Industry
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures✓✓
Reading Assigment✓
Written assigments✓✓
Total
Student Assessment
Description
Essay on an agreed topic, accompanied by short oral presentation Details available by appointment with the course convenor
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
P. Griffiths, Μοντέρνα Μουσική (Αθήνα: Zαχαρόπουλος, 1993). Κωδικός: 3907 ή Ε. Ηοbsbawm, H εποχή των αυτοκρατοριών, 1875-1914 (Αθήνα: Mορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, 2007). Κωδικός: 43931
Additional bibliography for study
• Λήμμα «Modernism» στην εγκυκλοπαίδεια Grove Music Online • P. Griffiths, Μοντέρνα Μουσική (Ζαχαρόπουλος, 1993), σ. 29-236 • E. Salzman, Εισαγωγή στη μουσική του 20ού αιώνα (Νεφέλη, 1983), σ. 7-134 & 151-179 • E. Hobsbawm, H εποχή των αυτοκρατοριών, 1875-1914 (Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, 2000) – ιδιαίτερα Κεφ.9, «Οι τέχνες μεταμορφώνονται», σ. 339-374 • Ε. Hobsbawm, Η εποχή των άκρων: ο σύντομος 20ός αιώνας, 1914-1990 (Θεμέλιο, 2006) – ιδιαίτερα Κεφ. 6, «Οι τέχνες 1914-1945», σ.231-257 • N. Cook & A. Pople (eds.), The Cambridge History of 20th-Century Music (C.U.P., 2004), σ.1-303) • Μ. Bradbury & J. McFarlane, Modernism: A guide to European Literature, 1890-1930 (Penguin, 1991) • C. Butler, Early Modernism: Literature, Music and Painting in Europe, 1900 – 1916 (Clarendon Press, 1994)
Last Update
07-07-2014