Music and Spectacles
Teaching Staff: Dalianoudi Renata
Course Code: AVA541
Course Type: Elective
Course Level: Undergraduate
Course Language: Greek
Delivery method: Lectures
Semester: 5th΄
ECTS: 5
Teaching Units: 3
Teaching Hours: 3
E Class Page: https://opencourses.ionio.gr/courses/DAVA300/
Teaching Structure:
| Activity | Semester Workload |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 |
| Course Total (ECTS: 5) | 39 |
Prerequisite to / Recommended to: (AVA841)
Music and SpectaclesCourse Description
This course explores the role and function of music as both diegetic and non-diegetic soundscape across a range of performance genres, including:
- Ancient Greek drama
- Popular theatre: Karagiozis (shadow theatre)
- Cinema: European, American, and ethnic traditions
- Dance: ballet and dance-theatre
Students will be introduced to core theoretical principles of visual and auditory culture, focusing on music as both a structural and aesthetic component within the broader field of audio-visual culture. In the performing arts (theatre, dance, dance-drama), music is examined in relation to its cultural framework and socio-historical context, highlighting its role as a medium that reflects social structures and cultural practices. In cinema, music is considered as an auditory art form that interacts with visual stimuli (image, graphics, visual effects) and other sound effects.
The course draws on interpretive tools from (Ethno)Musicology, the Sociology of Music, and Digital Arts. All lectures are supported by authoritative international and Greek bibliography and are complemented by audio-visual material (PowerPoint presentations, DVDs, CDs).
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Understand the different roles of music depending on the type of performance, and its contribution to the final audio-visual effect.
- Demonstrate an overview of the use of music across the performing arts: theatre (ancient drama, shadow theatre), dance (ballet, dance-theatre), and cinema (European/American).
- Analyze the relationship between music and society, with music as a medium reflecting social structures and ideological beliefs.
- Develop a holistic, interdisciplinary understanding of the interplay of music as an art form within other arts.
Suggested References:
Basic Greek bibliography:
- Adorno, T. (2000), Σύνοψη της πολιτιστικής βιομηχανίας, μτφρ. Λ. Αναγνώστου, Αθήνα: Αλεξάνδρεια.
- Βαλούκος, Στάθης (2018), Ιστορία της ελληνικής τηλεόρασης (1960-2018), Αιγόκερως.
- Kράους, Pίτσαρντ (1980), Iστορία του χορού, Aθήνα: Νεφέλη.
- Μυλωνάς, Κώστας (1998), Μουσική και Κινηματογράφος, Κέδρος
- Μυλωνάς, Κώστας (1999), Μουσική και ελληνικός κινηματογράφος, Κέδρος.
- Μπαρμπούση, Βάσω (2014), Η τέχνη του χορού στην Ελλάδα τον 20ό αιώνα, Gutenberg.
- Ιερωνυμίδης, Μιχάλης (1998), Πίσω από τον μπερντέ. Ηχητικά και οπτικά τεχνάσματα στο ελληνικό θέατρο σκιών, Άμμος.
Basic Foreign bibliography:
- Adorno, Τ. (1991), The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture, London: J.M. Bernstein.
- Chion, Michel (1995), La musique au cinéma,
- Hesmondhalgh, D. (2018), The Cultural Industries,
- Mirtzoeff, Nicholas (1999), “Introduction. What is visual culture” in An Introduction to Visual Culture, Routledge, pp. 1-33.
- Mitchell, W.J.T. (2002), “Showing Seeing: A critique of Visual Culture”, Journal of Visual Culture,1 (2), pp. 165-181.
- Mitchell, (2005), What do Pictures want? The Lives and Loves of Images, University of Chicago Press.
- Schechner, Richard (1988), Performance theory, New York: Routledge.
- Sturken, Marita & Cartwright, Lisa (2001), Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture, Oxford University Press.
Also, in "Eudoxus":
For free: Documentary with audio material. (Eudoxus: 82158653)
- Dalianoudi, Renata (2017), «Music in the popular cinema», στο πλαίσιο του ντοκιμαντέρ Η ιστορία της ελληνικής μουσικής από την αρχαιότητα ως σήμερα, ντοκιμαντέρ τεκμηρίωσης λόγου με ηχητικό υλικό. Available for free in "Eudoxus": https://service.eudoxus.gr/search/#s/Η%20ιστορία%20της%20μουσικής/0
- Dalianoudi, Renata (2017), «Music in the New Greek Cinema and the Contemporary Theatre", στο πλαίσιο του ντοκιμαντέρ Η ιστορία της ελληνικής μουσικής από την αρχαιότητα ως σήμερα, ντοκιμαντέρ τεκμηρίωσης λόγου με ηχητικό υλικό. Available for free in "Eudoxus": https://service.eudoxus.gr/search/#s/Η%20ιστορία%20της%20μουσικής/0
Lectures in person
Audiovisual Media (video, PPT, music, you tube, spotify etc).
Written exams
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