| CODE | MSP3002 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Nineteenth-Century Maltese Music | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit explores the artistic and social contexts for Maltese sacred and secular music during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. It examines the main composers and the changing concepts of style, form and performance practice. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to introduce student to nineteenth-century Maltese sacred and secular music by analysing the principal composers and key moments within cultural, historical and geographical contexts. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) broadly contextualise the emergence and development of sacred and secular music in Malta during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries; b) relate key dates and events to the development of Maltese music history by discussing key concepts regarding the intellectual and artistic culture of the period; c) become familiar with the principal musical works of Maltese composers of the period; d) demonstrate a critical understanding of the stylistic development of Maltese music during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) evaluate the main concepts and styles of Maltese sacred and secular music of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries; b) identify and classify the principal Maltese composers of the period according to his/her musical style; c) evaluate the main compositional concepts and processes of his/her works by analysing the form and style informing his/her music. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Aquilina, Frederick. 2016. Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press). - Bruni, F. 1993. Musica sacra a Malta: Le cappelle della cattedrale di S. Paolo e della concattedrale di S. Giovanni Battista nel XIX secolo (Marsa: P.E.G.) Supplementary Readings - Azzopardi J, Bruni, F, and Vella Bondin, J. 2007. The Nani Composers (XVIII-XX Cent.) – A Historical Assessment and a Catalogue of their Works (San Gwann: P.E.G.) - Bruni, F. 1997. The Vella Composers (San Gwann: P.E.G.) |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: MSP2178 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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