The degree Course in Musicology provides a thorough historical and theoretical knowledge of music and its diffusion as well as adequate expertise in the literature, art, philosophy, linguistic and historical and scientific (psycho-sociological) disciplines, aiming in particular at the relations with music and sound production. It also provides the ability to use computer tools for the notation, publishing, cataloging of music assets and to carry out literature research in the musicological and ethnomusicological fields. It enables students to carry out autonomously original research in the fields of musicology and ethnomusicology.
The course provides a wide range of specialist musicology subjects (L-ART/07) (Musical Philology, Philosophy of Music, History and analysis of music, Musical Dramaturgy) and a high-profile investigation of Ethnomusicology (L-ART/08), and also the improvement of knowledge in the field of psychology, sociology and literature. With respect to the latter, the course focuses more specifically on ancient literature and performing arts, for their contacts with various key points of the history of music and in accordance with the specific tradition of our University.
These objectives are achieved through:
- The use of lectures and seminars and testing of acquired skills through written and/or oral examinations;
- Specific lectures/workshops aiming at
providing the skills needed:
1) to carry out bibliographic and documentary research with both traditional paper directories or through the consultation of databases and other IT tools;
2) writing scientific papers using IT tools for writing and presenting the outcomes of research work (Musicological research workshop)
- Specific lectures aiming at providing the specific scientific and computing skills for musical publish (within the “Musical philology” course)
- Specific lectures/workshops aiming at providing the typical methodologies of ethnomusicological research;
- The possible drafting of papers or bibliographical researches;
- The preparation of a final written paper, considered as an essential part of a personal re-elaboration of the acquired knowledge and methodologies.
The educational programme includes, in addition to mandatory disciplines, some optional musicological disciplines, allowing students to build their individual curriculum.
