SOO 218 : Understanding 20th Century Social Processes Through Contemporary Music ( Decolonization Process in Contemporary Music)
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Goa University
Directorate of Visiting Research Professor Programme
Anthony Gonsalves Chair in Western Music
Goa University
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Department of Sociology
Goa University
Course on
SOO 218 : Understanding 20th Century Social Processes Through Contemporary Music ( Decolonization Process in Contemporary Music)
Credit: 02 Credit (30 Contact hours: 50 marks)
By
Prof. Santiago Lusardi
Anthony Gonsalves Visiting Research Professor
In Western Music
Course Duration: 07th March to 29th March, 2019
Participants: Any Student at the Goa University is welcome to register. Course is open and free for students & general public, but registration is compulsory.
Students at Goa University who would like to earn credit are requested to go through the syllabus, teaching and evaluation details.
Participation Certificate will be issued to all those who maintain minimum 75% attendance for the course.
COURSE SCHEDULE
07th/12th/14th/19th/20th/25th/28th/29th March, 2019
(2.30 P.M. to 5.30 P.M.)
Venue: Conference Hall, Administrative Block, Goa University
For detail and online Registration: www.unigoa.ac.in/vrpp
Course Coordinator: Dr. Ganesha Somayaji
Dr. Nandakumar Mekoth Dr. Ganesha Somayaji
Director,VRPP Professor and Head
([email protected]) Department of Sociology
Anthony Gonsalves Chair
WESTERN MUSIC CHAIR
GOA UNIVERSITY – VRPP
Professor Dr. Santiago Lusardi Girelli
Anthony Gonsalves Chair
VRPP – Visiting Research Professor Program, Goa University
Western Music Course
UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Music Notation and Social processes
Part II
FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN MUSIC
Introduction.
This course is a new edition of Music in Dialogue with Western Philosophy, History and Arts Course:
UNDERSTANDING XXth CENTURY SOCIAL PROCESSES THROUGH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC- Part II. In this second part we will depee to understand the some of the most important social processes of XXth century on western society through the theory and technique of the contemporary western music.
This 2-credit course is the contiuation of the first part offered from Nov 2018 to Jan 2019. This is a practical and theoretical course that includes lectures, practical modules and exercises. Through their participation in this course the students will study different XXth century processes, art currents, creative processes and the foundations of some of the most important masterpieces of contemporary music movement.
This course will dissert about the ideas and evolution of the music parameters and their relation with the Social and political, artistic and econimical processes of XXth Century. We asume the goal to study the foundations of Western Music through the analisys of different works and composers and whild studying them, both, theoretically and practically, including analyzing the elements that constitute them.
Syllabus.
MODULE 1
Classes 1 to 4
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND SOCIAL PROCESSES
The Horomenas, Legomenas and Dromenas
I – CONTEMPORARY MUIC AND SOCIAL PROCESSES – Part II
- Review on the first part of the course
- Introduction to the course: Important events of XX Century: Social Processes and Musical currents (part II).
- Conference I: Exploring the concepts of The Horomenas, Legomenas and Dromenas in arts (part II).
- Activity 1: South American revolutions – Perception and Appreciation of the musical notation phenomena: Analysis of the sound structure phenomena. Introduction to the concepts of directionality and script horizon.
- Lecture I: Introduction to the concepts of verticality, horizontality in Music.
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II – CREATION DURING XX CENTURY
- Introduction, Structure, History and the Social context of notation in Western Music.
- Practical module I: The contemporary scores I – research and construction: mirror of social processes.
- Music appreciation: Exercises I.
MODULE 2
Classes 5 to 8
MUSICAL ASEMICITY AS TRANSMUTATION OF SOCIAL PERPLEXITY
Social atonality and music in-gravity
DECOLONIZATION PROCESSES IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
I – CONTEMPORARY WESTERN MUSIC IN DIALOGUE WITH WORLD LANGUAGES (part II)
- Review – Activity WM X Class 1
- Conference II: Musical asemicity as transmutation of social perplexity part II
- The Human Script: creation of an own music notation.
- Activity 4: Music scores – Reading and comprehension – Decolonization processes
- Activity 5: – Perception and Appreciation of the musical notation phenomena: Analysis of the sound structure phenomena. Introduction to the concepts of directionality and script horizon.
- Perception and Appreciation of the musical notation phenomena II: tonality and gravity in contemporary Music.
- Lecture II: H. Villalobos, A. Camaño and S. Revueltas: new currents of music in South America.
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II – RELEGERE: SEEKING THE SENSE OF MUSIC (part II)
- Exercise: Directionality in Music
- Activity 8: Contemporary Music Appreciation.
- Practical module II: Einstein on the Beach – OPERA – Seeking sense.
- Music appreciation: Exercises II.
MODULE 3
Classes 09 to 11
XXth CENTURY APATHEISM and ATHEISM: CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL CURRENTS
Musical Expression of Social Deception
A MUSICAL LOOK ON PRE-COLONIAL INDIGENOUS CULTURES
I – IN DIALOGUE WITH EASTERN PHILOSOPHY: ALEATOREISM AND HENOTHEISM IN MUSICAL NOTATION.
- Review – Activity WM X Class 2.
- Conference I: The Horomenas, Legomenas and Dromenas in musical notation: Apatheism and Atheism after the 2nd World War.
- Activity 1: Perception and Appreciation of the musical notation phenomena: Analysis of the sound structure phenomena. Introduction to the concepts of directionality and script horizon.
- Lecture I: Introduction to the concepts of verticality, horizontality and language in Music: Aleatoreism.
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II – Silvestre Revueltas / Alberto Ginastera / H. Villalobos
- Analysis, Semanticist and Script – Aleatoric movements.
- Activity 6: Introduction, structure, history and the social context of rebirth of Pre-colonial Theism and Animism in contemporary music.
- Practical module II: The contemporary scores II – research and construction.
- Music appreciation: Exercises III.
MODULE 4
Classes 12 to 14
THE ATONALISM – DISHARMONY I
Revolutions, Nationalism and Liberation theology in Latin America (part II)
I – WESTERN MUSIC IN DIALOGUE WITH WORLD PHILOSOPHY: TRASPOLATION.
- Review – Activity WMX Class 3.
- Conference IV: NOTATION TRASPOLATION: Historical and philosophical review of the Asemicity Asemic social processes.
- Activity 11: Perception and Deconstruction of the Musical notation Phenomena: The “Musical Zero gravity II” concept. The atonalism: “Disharmony II”.
- Lecture IV: Other elements that govern harmony (apart of intonation and pitch).
- Music appreciation: Exercises IV – Latin-American composers.
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I – RESEARCH ABOUT MUSICAL NOTATION INTEGRATION – SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS and MUSIC NOTATION
- Analysis, Semanticist and Script
- Activity 6: Singing Music
- Introduction, structure, history and the social context of orientalism.
- Practical module II: The contemporary scores III – research and construction.
Class 5 (Module)
Class 15
- Review – Full course
- Conference V: ¿Its possible to predict social movements through art? Limits and barriers.
- Practical module IV: Works appreciation – research and construction.
- Final Examination / Report.
Professor Dr. Santiago Lusardi Girelli
Anthony Gonsalves Chair
VRPP – Visiting Research Professor Program, Goa University