Las más antiguas notaciones medievales (850-1200)

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The ninth century was a time of impressive cultural growth. Charlemagne’s reform called for revision of the academic curricula of all liberal arts and, even more important, the unification of the liturgy. The study of music was also renovated, and secular and monastic institutions throughout the empire faced the important task of training schoolboys and girls in both the theory and practice of music in an updated fashion. In addition, the imposition of Roman chant beyond the Alps made these institutions feel the urge for precise means to explain, codify, and transmit the basic elements of musical praxis. It is in this context that several music scripts blossomed from the mid-ninth century onwards, each focusing on different parameters of music: theoretical writers invented signs for the discussion of tone systems that indicated precise intervals between notes and neumatic scripts were used to precisely convey the nuances of chant (even if the repertoire was meant to be transmitted orally). And while new developments were introduced as time went by, most of the early notational systems coexisted up to c. 1100, when they were replaced progressively by staff notation. In this practical course, students will learn about the musical notations developed before modal notation (13th century) through the study of musical and theoretical sources of the period (c. 850 – 1200), learn to transcribe and read directly from their manuscripts, and explore the repertoires associated with them.

El siglo IX fue una época de notable crecimiento cultural. La reforma de Carlomagno promovió la revisión de los currículos académicos de todas las artes liberales y, más importante aún, la unificación de la liturgia. El estudio de la música también fue renovado, e instituciones monásticas y laicas de todo el imperio se enfrentaron a la importante tarea de formar a lxs aprendices tanto en la teoría como en la práctica de la música de una forma actualizada. Además, la imposición del canto romano más allá de los Alpes provocó que estas instituciones sintieran la necesidad de disponer de una forma precisa de explicar y codificar los elementos básicos de la praxis musical que posibilitaran también la transmisión escrita de este conocimiento, uno de los componentes claves del renacimiento carolingio. Es en este contexto cuando, desde mediados del siglo IX en adelante, florecieron varios tipos de escritura musical, cada uno de los cuales se centraba en parámetros distintos de la música.

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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Basic knowledge of square notation and of modern music notation. Conocimiento básico de notación cuadrada y de notación musical moderna.

STUDENT LIMIT
20

ISSUANCE OF ACADEMIC DEGREES
The rate in force at the time of issuance of the title will be applied

PRE-REGISTRATION
20/01/2023 until 28/02/2023

REGISTRATION
20/01/2023

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