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History and Theory of Music

Code 16984
Year 2
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Cultura
Entry requirements None.
Learning outcomes 1. Understand idiosyncratic aspects of music.
2. Develop contextualized listening to music.
3. Integrate music and musical practice within culture, art, society, media and technology.
4. Develop research skills in the field of music in relation to other arts, culture and society.
Syllabus 1. Music and other sounds:
1.1 The construction/deconstruction of the concept of music;
1.3 Music, communication, expression and language;
1.4. Music as an autonomous art versus a mixed element.

2. Contextualised musical listening.
2.1. The sound of music: pitch, duration, intensity, timbre, location and medium;
2.2 Musical parameters: melody/harmony, meter/rhythm, dynamics and instrumentation;
2.3 Stylistic elements of music throughout Western history (since the Baroque);

3. Introduction to musicological studies:
3.1. The different areas of musicology;
3.2 Music, society and culture;
3.3 Music, media and technology;
3.4 Sound perception versus musical acculturation.

4. Research themes in music, art and society.
4.1 Music and culture;
4.2 Music and sociology;
4.3 Music and anthropology;
4.4 Music and psychology;
4.5 Music and aesthetics.
Main Bibliography CLAYTON, M., HERBERT, T., & MIDDLETON, R. (Eds.). (2003). The Cultural Study of Music: A critical Introduction. Routledge.
COOK, N. (1998). Music: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.
HALLAM, S., CROSS, I., & THAUT, M. (2011). Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology. (S. Hallam, I. Cross, & M. Thaut, Eds.). Oxford Library of Psychology. HARPER-SCOTT, J. P. E., & SAMSON, J. (Eds.). (2009). An Introduction to Music Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
JUSLIN, P. N., & SLOBODA, J. A. (Eds.). (2010). Handbook of Music and Emotion: Theory, Research, Applications. Oxford University Press.
MICHELS, U. (2003). Atlas da Música I. Lisboa: Gradiva.
MICHELS, U. (2007). Atlas da Música II. Lisboa: Gradiva.
SACKS, O. (2008). Musicofilia - Histórias sobre a Música e o Cérebro (Revisto e Ampliado). Lisboa: Relógio D ´Água Editores.
SHEPHERD, J., & DEVINE, K. (Eds.). (2015). The Routledge Reader on The Sociology of Music. Routledge.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria - Assessment frequency (test).
- Theoretical-practical research work.
- Attendance and evaluation of the ability to participate and discuss.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-03-01

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