Historiographical and educative approaches to the flute (17th-18th cents.)
| Title | Ιστοριογραφικές και διδακτικές προσεγγίσεις του φλάουτου (17ος-18ος αιώνας) / Historiographical and educative approaches to the flute (17th-18th cents.) |
| Code | ΙΠ2036 |
| Faculty | Fine Arts |
| School | Music Studies |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Georgios Sakallieros |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600025301 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Mousikṓn Spoudṓn (2017-sīmera)
Registered students: 20
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musicology / Music Education | Elective Courses | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Music Composition | Elective Courses | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600266493
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Class Schedule
| Building | Music Studies (Thermi) |
| Floor | Groundfloor |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ 7 (316) |
| Calendar | Monday 14:00 to 17:00 |
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600266493
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
- German (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The students gain a deeper understanding of the history, organology, and repertoire of the flute during the 17th and 18th centuries in major musical centers (Venice, Lyon, Paris, Vienna), while also learning about the prevailing historical, social, and economic conditions, influences, and interactions. They become familiar with the variety of flutes used during these two centuries, their different characteristics, and their coexistence in various fields of musical practice, such as the orchestra and band. They learn basic concepts of Baroque musical rhetoric and study the works of prominent flutists in the areas of teaching, composition, and musical performance.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- 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 examines the historical, historiographical, and organological development of the flute over a span of two centuries and delves into issues of repertoire, teaching, and interpretation. It presents the types of flutes of different tonalities used during the Baroque period and the conditions that led to the gradual predominance of one type, particularly during the transition to the Mannheim School and later into Classicism and early Romanticism. These developments also led to the refinement of the instrument by Theobald Böhm in the mid-19th century. Additionally, the course emphasizes the successive changes in the presence and role of the instrument in musical ensembles of each era (from the Baroque orchestra to early Romanticism) and the profession of the flutist as a soloist and orchestral musician. These changes are viewed through the lens of social, economic, political, and cultural transformations in Europe. The course includes critical study and discussion of scholarly articles with broader historical content related to each tradition and features performances of works with period instruments. All of these aspects are believed to contribute to a deeper understanding of the historical and aesthetic context of the flute’s construction evolution and repertoire.
Keywords
Flute, Baroque, teaching methods, theoretical treatises, rhetoric, Johann Joachim Quantz, tunings, repertoire
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Audio
- Interactive excersises
- Book
- Scores
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
1. Use of keynote (powerpoint) n classroom
2. E-mail communication with the students through E-learning platform (Moodle)
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 45 | 1.5 | |||
| Laboratory Work | 15 | 0.5 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | 1 | |||
| Artistic Workshop | 30 | 1 | |||
| Project | 15 | 0.5 | |||
| Exams | |||||
| Class concert | 15 | 0.5 | |||
| Total | 150 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students will take written exams in the course. Their participation in artistic workshops or concerts in class will be counted towards their final grade as a bonus (on a case-by-case basis).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Artistic Performance (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Κούντουρας, Δημήτρης. Εισαγωγή στην ερμηνεία της μουσικής μπαρόκ. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Νικολαϊδη, 2020.
Μπαμίχας, Πύρρος. Μουσική και πολιτική στην καθολική Ευρώπη του Μπαρόκ. Αθήνα: Νάκας - Παπαγρηγορίου, 2023.
Additional bibliography for study
Βιβλία/books
Bartel, Dietrich. 1997. Musica Poetica: Musical Rhetorical Figures in German Baroque Music. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press.
Brown, Rachel. 2002. The Early Flute. A Practical Guide. Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Clark, Caryl (ed.). 2005.The Cambridge Companion to Haydn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Goldberg, Adolph. 1987. Porträts und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen, -Dilettanten und -Komponisten. Celle: Moeck. Reprint of the edition, Berlin: 1906.
Lawson, Colin (ed.). 2003. The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lenski, Karl und Peter Spohr. 1987. Von Hotteterre bis Lot. 200 Jahre Flötenbau in Frankreich. Ausstellung anlässlich des Flöten Festivals in Frankfurt, 9.-11. Oktober 1987 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Flöte (DGfFl).
Powell, Ardal. 2002. The Flute. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
Taruskin, Richard. 2005. The Oxford History of Western Music. Vol. 2. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press.
Toff, Nancy. 1996. The Flute Book. A Complete Guide for Students and Performers, 2nd edition. Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press.
Zaslaw, Neal (ed). 1989. Man and Music. The Classical Era. From the 1740s to the End of the 18th Century. Hampshire: The Macmillan Press Ltd.
Άρθρα/articles
Addington, Christopher. 1984. “In Search of the Baroque Flute: The Flute Family 1680-1750.” Early Music 12, no. 1 Oxford University Press: 34-47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3127151.
Chantler, Abigail. 2003. “The ‘Sturm und Drang’ Style Revisited». International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music 34 / Νo. 1: 17-31. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30032113.
Spitzer, John. 1987. “Musical Attribution and Critical Judgement: The Rise and Fall of the Sinfonia Concertante for Winds, K. 297b”. The Journal of Musicology 5 / Νo. 3: 319-356. https://doi:10.2307/763696.
Ward, Martha Kingdom. 1954. “Mozart and the Flute”. Music & Letters 35, no. 4: 294-308. www.jstor.com/stable/730699.
Last Update
27-10-2024
