Competences developed in the course

Transversal competences:

CT2: Collect1: Organise and plan work efficiently and in a motivating way.

CT2: Collect significant information, analyse it, synthesise it and manage it appropriately.

CT3: Solve problems and make decisions that respond to the objectives of the work being carried out.

CT5: Understand and use at least one foreign language within the scope of professional development.

CT8:6: Carry out self-criticism regarding one’s own professional and interpersonal practice.

CT7: Use communication skills and constructive criticism in teamwork.

CT8: Develop ideas and arguments in a reasoned and critical manner.

CT14: Master research methodology in the generation of projects, ideas and viable solutions.

CT17: Contribute through professional activity to raising social awareness of the importance of cultural heritage, its impact in different areas and its capacity to generate significant values.

General competences:

CG8: Apply the most appropriate working methods to overcome the challenges that arise in the field of personal study and collective musical practice.

CG10: Argue and verbally express points of view on diverse musical concepts.

CG11: Be familiar with a broad and up-to-date repertoire, focused on one’s speciality but open to other traditions. Recognise the stylistic features that characterise this repertoire and be able to describe them clearly and comprehensively.

CG12: Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of musical phenomena and their relationship with the evolution of aesthetic, artistic and cultural values.

CG14: Know the historical development of music in its different traditions, from a critical perspective that situates the development of musical art within a social and cultural context.

CG15: Have extensive knowledge of the most representative works of historical and analytical music literature.

CG16: Know the social, cultural and economic context in which musical practice takes place, with special attention to its immediate environment while also considering its global dimension.

CG17: Be familiar with the different musical styles and practices that allow understanding, within a broader cultural context, one’s own field of activity and enriching it.

CG20: Know the classification, acoustic, historical and anthropological characteristics of musical instruments.

CG23: Value musical creation as the act of giving sound form to a rich and complex structural thought.

CG26: Be able to link one’s own musical activity to other disciplines of scientific and humanistic thought, to the arts in general and to other musical disciplines in particular, enriching professional practice with a multidisciplinary dimension.

Learning outcomes (general objectives)

1. Identify the major periods of Western culture in relation to their artistic and intellectual manifestations and to the corresponding periods in the history of music.

2. Apply the basic concepts and elements most commonly used for the periodisation of European and Western music history, situating them within each social and cultural context.

3. Identify and classify the different philosophical conceptions and positions in the Western world regarding musical activities, always in relation to their contemporary social and cultural contexts.

4. Analyse various cultural and musical products in order to assess the different historical elements that converge within them and help us understand them.

5. Identify the historical and cultural environment of each musical product and contextualise it appropriately.

Contents

Periodisations of Western culture in relation to the history of music and the arts. Main schools and artistic centres. Historiography of music. Elements of transformation and change in the history of Western music. Periodisations of Western music history in relation to the social environment. Musical movements, lines of thought, schools, centres, instruments, instrumental ensembles and the most prominent figures. Historical contextualisation of musical activities and products. Relationship between musical thought and the cultural environment of the corresponding period. Historical and stylistic positioning of the whole range of musical activities and elements.

Teaching methodology

The teaching-learning methodology in classes is based on lectures for the development of contents, discussion and colloquium sessions, group work sessions and student presentations. Students’ independent work consists of individual tasks.

Assessment systems