ID:
510146
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
Indefinito/Interdisciplinare
Located in:
CREMONA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (29/09/2025 - 23/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to work with some resources of the digital environment (hardware and software) for the management and enhancement of musical collections, in particular proposing in-depth information on what is stored within the Department. In addition to providing theoretical skills, the course is designed as an activity that should involve the development of team work and problem-solving skills, as well as demonstrating the need for a conscious and creative use of technology for purposes of cataloging, study and research. At the end of the course, the student will have learned about the main note encoding languages, will have gained direct experience in the handling of piano rolls, will have become familiar with the most popular software and digital tools dedicated to music editions (Edirom Editor, MEI, Verovio, etc.), will be able to set up an encoding independently.
Course Prerequisites
An initial familiarity with the Windows and Mac operating systems is required. Basic knowledge of HTML language may be useful.
Teaching Methods
Collective lectures for the theoretical part. Guided small-group and individual practice for digitization of piano rolls and digital encoding of scores.
Video recordings of lectures will be made available for the envisaged categories of students unable to attend
Video recordings of lectures will be made available for the envisaged categories of students unable to attend
Assessment Methods
• Practical exercises in the workshop section of the course.
• Delivery of a series of documents in digital format (Edirom archive collations, MEI encodings etc.) through which the student will have to demonstrate the knowledge acquired.
• Oral interview on the bibliography given in the course syllabus and the contents of the lectures.
The three modes of verification (workshop exercise, written paper, interview) contribute in the same measure to the determination of the final grade, which will be communicated at the end of the oral interview.
For the envisaged categories of students unable to attend, it will be possible to take the examinations remotely, in telematic form.
• Delivery of a series of documents in digital format (Edirom archive collations, MEI encodings etc.) through which the student will have to demonstrate the knowledge acquired.
• Oral interview on the bibliography given in the course syllabus and the contents of the lectures.
The three modes of verification (workshop exercise, written paper, interview) contribute in the same measure to the determination of the final grade, which will be communicated at the end of the oral interview.
For the envisaged categories of students unable to attend, it will be possible to take the examinations remotely, in telematic form.
Texts
• LATANZA, Fra musica meccanica e archeologia industriale. Storia della Fabbrica Italiana Rulli Sonori Traforati (FIRST): Cremona 1904-1930. Cesena: AMMI (Associazione Musica Meccanica Italiana), 2008.
• A. W. J. G. ORD-HUME, Pianola: the history of the self-playing piano. London: Allen & Win, 1984.
• Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines Release 2013, http://music-encoding.org/support/guidelines/
• J KEPPER, Musikedition im Zeichen neuer Medien – Historische Entwicklung und gegenwärtige Perspektiven musikalischer Gesamtausgaben, Dissertation Detmold/Paderborn 2009. Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2011 (online 2016) [https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/6639/1/SIDE5_Kepper-Musikedition.pdf].
Supplements to this bibliography will be communicated during class.
• A. W. J. G. ORD-HUME, Pianola: the history of the self-playing piano. London: Allen & Win, 1984.
• Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines Release 2013, http://music-encoding.org/support/guidelines/
• J KEPPER, Musikedition im Zeichen neuer Medien – Historische Entwicklung und gegenwärtige Perspektiven musikalischer Gesamtausgaben, Dissertation Detmold/Paderborn 2009. Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2011 (online 2016) [https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/6639/1/SIDE5_Kepper-Musikedition.pdf].
Supplements to this bibliography will be communicated during class.
Contents
The program is divided into theoretical sections (24 hours of lectures) and practical sections (24 hours of exercises and workshops). In the first part of the course, an initial examination of coding systems for mechanical instruments will be made, with a specific focus on the phenomenon of piano rolls (with practical applications on the departmental collection). Next, coding languages for computer processing of music will be examined: Plaine & Easie Code and especially MEI, Verovio and Humdrum. In the second part of the course, students will actively work on the topics presented during the lectures; the presence and quality of the work done in the exercises will be an integral part of the assessment. Any changes to the program will be reported in a timely manner.
Course Language
Italian
More information
Since in the CFU system attending lectures is considered an integral part of the training course, students unable to attend are invited to agree as soon as possible with the teacher the necessary complements to the program.
Degrees
Degrees
MUSICOLOGY
Master’s Degree
2 years
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