Music Pedagogy and Didactics of Music

The course will provide a set of analyses and theoretical reflections about objects, languages and methods of Music Pedagogy and Didactics of Music.

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:

1. knowledge and understanding

Students attending the course will be able to know the model of school Music Education based on the comprehension of music as culture;

2. ability to apply knowledge and understanding

They will be able to express considerations on the relationships of Music Pedagogy with Education Sciences and Musicology;

3. autonomy of judgment

They will develop the ability to read critical objects, by making inter-textual and inter-contextual comparisons;

4. communication skills

They will be able to use the specialized lexicon, proper of the studies in this area;

5. ability to carry out research autonomously

They will be able to earn the basics of Didactics of Music and know how to apply them in school programming.

Module A - Foundations of Music Pedagogy  (3 ECTS)

Texts:

- C. Cuomo, Dall’ascolto all’esecuzione. Orientamenti per la Pedagogia e la Didattica della musica, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2018, pp. 205.

- N. Badolato - A. Scalfaro, L’Educazione musicale nella scuola italiana dal’Unità a oggi, «Musica Docta», 3, 2013, pp. 87-99.

- G. La Face, Listening Didactics as a Tool of Inclusion, in Listening across Borders. Musicology in the Global Classroom, ed. by J. A Davis and Christopher Lynch, New York and London, Routledge, 2022, pp. 23-37.

- Indicazioni per il curricolo, on line, at the link: http://www.indicazioninazionali.it/documenti_Indicazioni_nazionali/indicazioni_nazionali_infanzia_primo_ciclo.pdf

Module B - The Didactics of Opera (3 ECTS)

Texts:

- G. Pagannone, Il melodramma: saperi, funzioni, dimensioni, in Insegnare il melodramma. Saperi essenziali proposte didattiche, a cura di G. Pagannone, Lecce, PensaMultimedia, 2010, pp.15-55.

- G. Pagannone, Per una didattica del melodramma. Idee e percorsi, «Musica Docta», 1, 2011, pp. 37-42.

- Il melodramma a scuola. Storie, forme, didattica, a cura di N. Badolato e G. La Face, Roma, Studium, 2021, pp. 70 + listening workshop:

- W. A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro;

- L. van Beethoven, Fidelio;

- G. Rossini, Guillaume Tell;

- V. Bellini, Norma;

- G. Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor;

- G. Verdi, Il trovatore;

- G. Verdi, Un ballo in maschera;

- G. Puccini, La bohème.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.