Ethnomusicology 1

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The classes will be taught with the concern of the students participation, either by encouraging discussions on topics related to the themes addressed, either through the critical analysis of texts previously chosen. The musical knowledge will be made by analyzing transcripts of musical scores, hearing collections and viewing illustrative videos whenever possible.
Continuous/periodic evaluation:
a) Written test and Reviews – 70%
b) Qualitative participation in classes – 30%
Exam: Written test – 100%

1. Knowledge of Ethnomusicology as science, its origin and development. 2. Ability to understand the phenomena of social change through mutations in the forms of communication through music. 3. Valorization of portuguese traditional musical heritage (PTMH), in their documentary and aesthetic dimensions. 4. Acknowledgement of the importance of studying the PTMH to affirm the identity of the portuguese people. 5. Capacity of intervention at the level of study and practice of the PTMH in a conservation perspective.

I. General Ethnomusicology 1. Popular Culture / Traditional Culture: contributions to a differentiated definition 1.1. The nationalism and its socio-political and musical framework 2. Ethnomusicology: Historical overview II. Development of Ethnomusicology as science. 1. Review of the most important studies and of the most influential ethnomusicologists. The German and Northern- American experience III. History of Portuguese Ethnomusicology: main works 1. Folklore

• - Exam - 100.0%

• - Attendance and Participation - 30.0%
• - Frequency - 70.0%

NAO

Blacking, Jonh (1973). How Musical is Man?. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Correia, Avelino Rodrigues (2016). Do Choupal até à Lapa… Para uma Etnografia do Constructo da Canção de Coimbra. Lisboa: Sílabo. Giacometti, M.Lopes-Graça (1981). Cancioneiro Popular Português. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.
Losa, Leonor (2013). Machinas Fallantes – A Música Gravada em Portugal no Início do Século XX. Lisboa: Tinta da China.
Merriam, Alan (1964). The Anthropology of Music. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.
Nettl, B. (2005). The Study of Ethnnomusicology: Thirty-One Issues and Concepts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Pestana, Maria do Rosário (2012). Armando Leça e a Música Popular 1910-1940. Lisboa: Tinta da China.
Weffort, Alexandre Branco [org.] (2006). A Canção Popular Portuguesa em Fernando Lopes-Graça. Lisboa: Caminho.