Introduction to the Program

Consolidate your knowledge of the elements of Musical Aesthetics in an academic course condensed into 150 hours”

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Music has existed since prehistoric times and has evolved over time to become a form of global communication. In this sense, Musical Aesthetics is consolidated as an area focused on the beauty and meaning of music, and how the visual, emotional and sensory aspects of music combine to create an auditory experience.

That is why this Postgraduate certificate in Musical Aesthetics is so relevant, a program designed for those interested in delving deeper into the more theoretical and technical aspects of Music and Aesthetics, and how they relate to each other. The qualification covers topics such as Hedonist, Spiritualist and Intellectualist

Aesthetics, musical thought in Antiquity or the Word and Music in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.

With a duration of 150 hours, the program is taught in a 100% online format under the Relearningpedagogical methodology, which allows students to access academic resources in a flexible way and adapt their study schedule to their availability. Therefore, students will have access to a wide range of multimedia material, including videos or interactive diagrams, which will allow them to delve deeper into the topics they are most interested in and personalize their learning experience.

An essential qualification if you are looking to delve into musical thinking in the Ancient World”

This Postgraduate certificate in Musical Aesthetics contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:

  • The development of case studies presented by experts in Musical Aesthetics
  • The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created provide practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
  • Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
  • Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
  • Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
  • Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

SImmerse yourself in the History of Music by analyzing how tropes, sequences and liturgical dramas were created”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year For this purpose, students will be assisted by an innovative system of interactive videos produced by renowned experts.

Make a complete journey through the Renaissance and the New Rationality to delve into the birth of Melodrama and other concepts"

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You will have everything you need to place yourself as an expert in Vocal and Instrumental Music or in Romanticism"

Syllabus

The Postgraduate certificate provides the graduate with a broad vision of this subject in order to develop a specialization in the field of Musical Aesthetics. The program offers a total of 150 hours of theoretical, practical and additional content selected by a team of experts in the field, who have worked meticulously to offer the most effective and innovative didactic material. The program is adapted to the needs of the student, who will be able to access the academic experience completely online, without the need to meet schedules or attend classes in person.

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You will have the broadest and most up-to-date vision of Musical Aesthetics that you will find in the academic market”

Module 1. Musical Aesthetics

1.1. Musical Aesthetics

1.1.1. What is Musical Aesthetics?
1.1.2. The Hedonistic Aesthetics
1.1.3. The Spiritualist Aesthetics
1.1.4. Intellectualist Aesthetics

1.2. Musical Thought in the Ancient World

1.2.1. The Mathematical Concept of Music
1.2.2. From Homer to the Pythagoreans
1.2.3. The "Nomoi"
1.2.4. Plato, Aristotle. Aristoxenus and the Peripatetic School

1.3. Transition between the Ancient and Medieval World

1.3.1. First Centuries of the Medieval Period
1.3.2. Creation of the Liturgical Tropes, Sequences and Dramas
1.3.3. The Troubadours and the Minstrels
1.3.4. The Cantigas 

1.4. The Middle Ages

1.4.1. From the Abstract to the Concrete;Musica Enchiriadis
1.4.2. Guido D'Arezzo and the Musical Pedagogy
1.4.3. The Birth of Polyphony and the New Problems of Musical Theory
1.4.4. Marchetto di Padua and Franco of Cologne
1.4.5. Ars Antiqua and Ars Nova: Critical Awareness

1.5. The Renaissance and the New Rationality

1.5.1. Johannes Tinctoris and the "Effects " of the Music
1.5.2. Early Humanist Theorists: Glareanus. Zarlino and the New Concept of Harmony
1.5.3. The Birth of Melodrama
1.5.4. The Camerata of the Bardi

1.6. Reformation and Counter-Reformation: Word and Music

1.6.1. The Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther
1.6.2. The Counter-Reformation
1.6.3. The Understanding of the Texts and the Harmony
1.6.4. The New Pythagoreanism.Leibniz: Reconciliation between the Senses and Reason

1.7. From Baroque Rationalism to the Aesthetics of Feeling

1.7.1. The Theory of the Affections, Harmony and Melodrama
1.7.2. Nature Imitation
1.7.3. Descartes and Innate Ideas
1.7.4. British Empiricism as Opposed to Descartes

1.8. The Enlightenment and the Encyclopedists

1.8.1. Rameau: The Union of the Art with the Reason
1.8.2. E. Kant and the Music
1.8.3. Vocal and Instrumental Music. Bach and the Enlightenment
1.8.4. Illuminism and the Sonata-Form

1.9. Romanticism

1.9.1. Wackenroder: Music as a Privileged Language
1.9.2. Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer
1.9.3. The Romantic Musician in Front of the Music
1.9.4. The Programmatic Music
1.9.5. Wagner
1.9.6. Nietzsche and the Crisis of the Romantic Reason    

1.10. The Positivism and the Crisis of the Aesthetics of the 20th Century

1.10.1. Hanslick and Formalism
1.10.2. Positivism and the Birth of Musicology
1.10.3. Italian Neoidealism and Musical Aesthetics
1.10.4. The Sociology of Music

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Enjoy all the flexibilities that the syllabus will provide you to delve into the Sociology of Music or Programmatic Music at any time”

Postgraduate Certificate in Musical Aesthetics

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Music is an art form that has become an important part of culture and entertainment throughout the world. Music aesthetics, as an academic discipline, focuses on the study of the aesthetic value of music, its relationship to other arts and how it affects our perception and emotional experience. At TECH Global University we have developed a course that explores the complexities of musical aesthetics in a deep and practical way, without neglecting the importance of its historical and cultural context.

In this Postgraduate Certificate in Musical Aesthetics, students will learn the fundamental concepts of music theory and aesthetic appreciation, as well as the various musical forms and styles that have emerged in different eras and cultures. In addition, they will analyze the interdisciplinary relationships that music has with other arts, such as literature, film, dance and the visual arts. In this way, the student will acquire a comprehensive understanding of music and its role in today's culture and society.