
Ethnomusicology in the Mediterranean Area
Code: 100647Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Musicology | OP | 3 |
| Musicology | OP | 4 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Jaume Ayats Abeya
- Email :
- jaume.ayats@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
It is recommended to have passed the following courses: Músiques i Cultures, Etnomusicologia, Llenguatge musical I and Llenguatge musical II.
Objectives
Description of the main Mediterranean musical expression in relation to the social and human situation.
Main Mediterranean musical features, structures and aesthetics.
To develop the skills of the students to be able to situate music culturally and socially (historically and paying attention to transformation processes).
Learning outcomes
- Use basic vocabularyand tools to describe and transmit knowledge acquired through effective oral presentations of musicological content adapted to the audience.
- Prepare oral presentations on an analytical question and adapt them to the level and expectations of the audience or group.
- Using the basic concepts of Social and Cultural Anthropology for the understanding of relationships between various societies and cultures.
- Applying the knowledge of cultural variability and its genesis to avoid ethnocentric projections.
- Interpreting the cultural diversity through ethnography.
- For work and consultations use computer tools specific to ethnomusicology and, in particular, to the Mediterranean area.
- Define the place of musical cultures of the greater Mediterranean area in the general panorama.
- Apply the conceptualisation of philosophy, history, literature and anthropology to musical research.
- Distinguish netween the main styles and basic techniques of the main areas of Mediterranean music.
Contents
Mediterranean music:an imagined subject (article Gómez-Muns).
Music and festival (article Martí).
"Les veus de la Mediterrània". Documentary and discussion.
Regions: Latin, Slavic and Balkans, and Turkey.
From Masreq to Maghreb.
Performance situation:
- work Songs
- narrative Songs
"Les cançons oblidades en els cançoners de Catalunya" (article Ayats).
- dialog and festival Songs
"Sant Antoni d’Artà. Cantar allò que no es pot dir.\" Documentary and discussion.
- dance
- musical instruments
Oral presentation of the assignments.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 7 | 0.28 | |
| Master class | 30 | 1.2 | |
| Reading and content studies | 30 | 1.2 | |
| Information research | 15 | 0.6 | |
| Reading seminar | 15 | 0.6 |
The subject combines the theoretical contents with the practical sessions of listening and analysis. These activities will be both individual and collective, from the reading and subsequent discussion of readings.
Mster classes: conceptualization and synthesis of the study topics. The aim is to show the different musical and social realities of the Mediterranean area based on models and showing the most suitable means of research for each problem.
Practical session: structured from the critical analysis of music within the corresponding social context. Listening to and analyzing sound fragments, working individually or in a small group.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final test | 33% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Mid-term test | 33% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Monographic assignment | 33% | 50 | 2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
The evaluation will be done through:
- Two written tests that will aim to show the assimilation of the theoretical concepts acquired through the master classes. They will have a weight of 66% of the total grade, distributed in two exams, in the middle and at the end of course, which will each have an assessment of 33%. It will be mandatory for the overall calculation of the grade to have passed each test separately with more than 5 out of 10.
- A monographic assignment on a musical situation focused on one of the territories of the Mediterranean. 33% of the final grade. A minimum of 5 out of 10 must be obtained to pass the course.
For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. Students must clearly identify which sections were generated with this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how they influenced the process and final results of this activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in an assessable activity will be considered a breach of academic honesty, which may result in a partial or total penalty in the activity grade, or greater sanctions.
Those who have not taken any of the two theoretical tests will be considered \"not assessed\".
The single assessment encompasses the three evaluation items. The monographic assignment has be done in 2,5 hours.
Marks revision in the professor bureau in the scheduled date.
Erasmus and exchange students who request to advance an exam must present a document from their home university justifying their request.
Bibliography
ALSINA Iglesias, Jordi, 2012: “Los instrumentos de la música de Creta”. Cuadernos de Etnomusicología nº2. Barcelona: Sibe, Sociedad de etnomusicología. Accessible en línia.
AYATS, Jaume, 2025 (2a edició): El cant i les melodies tradicionals dels goigs. De la Mediterrània a Amèrica i les Filipines. Girona: FICTA.
__________, 2025: Els cants tradicionals dels Països Catalans. Editorial: Revista Caramella
__________, 2010: “Las canciones olvidadas en los cancioneros de Catalunya: cómo se construyen las canciones de la nación imaginada”. Jentilbaratz-Cuadernos de folklore, núm. 12. Donostia: Eusko Ikaskuntza. Accessible en línia.
__________, 2010: \"Cantar allò que no es pot dir. Les cançons de Sant Antoni d'Artà, Mallorca\". http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/a19/cantar-allo-que-no-es-pot-dir-les-canons-de-sant-antoni-a-arta-mallorca Accessible en línia.
AYATS Jaume; COSTAL Anna; GAYETE Iris; RABASEDA Joaquim, 2011: “Polyphonies, Bodies and Rhetoric of senses : latin chants in Corsica and the Pyrenees”. Transposition. Musique et sciences sociales (1). Accessible en línia a:
COSTAL, Anna RABASEDA, Joaquim i GAY, Joan, 2023: Les primeres havaneres a Catalunya. Imperialisme i sensualitat abans de Carmen. Barcelona: Dalmau Editors. Col·lecció: CamíRal
GÓMEZ MUNS, Rubén, 2012: "Música Mediterránea. Una realidad imaginada\". Cuadernos de Etnomusicología nº2. Barcelona: Sibe, Sociedad deetnomusicología. Accessible en línia.
LORTAT-JACOB, Bernard, 1994: Musiques en fête. París: Société d’Ethnologie Française.
MACCHIARELLA, Ignazio, 2003: Voces de Italia. Madrid: Akal.
___________, 2011: Tre voci per pensare il mondo. Pratiche polifoniche confraternali in alta Corsica. Udine: Nota.
MAGRINI, Tullia, 1995: “Ballad and gender: reconsidering narrative singing in Northern Italy”, http://research.umbc.edu/eol/magrini.
MARTÍ i Pérez, Josep, 1996: El folklorismo. Uso y abuso de la tradición. Barcelona: Ronsel.
__________. (2000). “Música y etnicidad”, capítol VIII de Más allá del arte. La música como generadora de realidades sociales, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Deriva Ed.
NETTL, Bruno; Stone, Ruth M ; Porter, James ; Rice, Timothy (eds.), 1999: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, en 10 volums.
ROSVING, Miriam, 1999: Cantos y danzas del Atlas (Marruecos). Madrid: Akal.
SCARNECCHIA, Paolo, 1998: Música popular y música culta. Barcelona: Icaria.
Software
No specific software required.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |