
The Master's Degree Program in Musicology aims to provide a broad and differentiated training in methodologies and repertoires, equipping musicologists with the skills to engage in professional activities that require an in-depth knowledge of music history and theory, as well as world music and contemporary popular music. Graduates will also be able to conduct original research in the field and complement their performance or composition skills with a solid historical and theoretical background. Graduates can pursue careers in the study, promotion, and enhancement of music as an art form, its placement within the knowledge system, and its role in public and social life. They will be capable of planning, coordinating, and performing high-level professional activities at organizations and institutions, and in various fields of communication related to musical culture. The course also provides the necessary foundation to access further educational paths that require a Master's Degree (PhD programs, second-level master's programs, teaching competitions). The program offers a wide range of study paths designed to support the diverse study interests and career aspirations of each student.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission to the Master's Degree Program in Musicology requires one of the following qualifications:
- A Bachelor's Degree (old or new academic system) or a three-year university diploma that includes at least two years of historical-musical or technical-musical disciplines or 18 CFU (university credits) in the L-ART/07 and/or L-ART/08 sectors;
- Another qualification obtained abroad, recognized as suitable by the competent bodies of the University;
- A First-Level Academic Diploma awarded by a Conservatory of Music or an equivalent Music Institute or another institution within the Higher Artistic and Musical Education (AFAM) sector, provided it includes at least two years or 18 CFA (academic credits) of historical-musical or technical-musical disciplines;
- An institutional diploma awarded by a Conservatory of Music or an equivalent Music Institute, provided it includes at least two years of historical-musical or technical-musical disciplines. The validity of qualifications (3) and (4) for admission to the Master's Degree, according to Law no. 268 of November 22, 2002, is subject to the possession of a secondary school diploma and adequate general cultural preparation.
Overview of the program
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- GERMAN LANGUAGE 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- GERMAN LANGUAGE 2 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MEDIAEVAL MANUSCRIPT 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- LITERARY PUBLISHING 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- FUNDAMENTALS OF BIBLIOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- ARCHIVAL RESEARCH METHODS 6 CFU - 42 hours Annual
- GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- MODERN CHRISTIANITY HISTORY 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF LITURGY 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- MUSICAL DRAMA 2 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- MUSICAL DRAMA 3 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- INTERPRETATION OF MODERN MUSICAL SOURCES 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- ETHNOMUSICOLOGY OF MUSICAL HERITAGES 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- MUSIC PHILOLOGY 2 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- MUSIC TESTUAL CRITICISM 3 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- METHODOLOGY OF DIGITAL MUSIC PUBLISHING 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- ORGANOLOGY 2 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- BYZANTINE MUSIC PALAEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- MUSIC PEDAGOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- OPERA PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF AUTEUR SONG 6 CFU - 42 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF MUSIC OF CHRISTIAN RITES 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POETRY AND MUSIC 2 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF MUSICAL POETRY IN THE MIDDLE AGES 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF PERFORMANCE PRACTICE 2 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF MUSIC PRINTING 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF MUSICAL FORMS AND TECHNIQUES IN COMPOSITION 1 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF MUSICAL FORMS AND TECHNIQUES IN COMPOSITION 2 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- MUSICAL IMPROVISATION: HISTORY, FORMS, AND TECHNIQUES 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE WORLD 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- STUDIES IN POPULAR MUSIC 6 CFU - 42 hours 2nd semester
- MUSIC AND MEDIA STUDIES 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY AND THEORY OF MONODIC MUSIC NOTATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- MUSIC NOTATION OF THE RENAISSANCE VOCAL POLYPHONY 6 CFU - 42 hours 2nd semester
- MUSIC THEORY 2 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- VISUAL ARTS AND MULTIMEDIAL 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- DIGITAL HUMANITIES 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- EXEGESIS OF THE SOURCES FOR ROMAN HISTORY 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- AESTHETICS 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- ROMANCE PHILOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY 6 CFU - 42 hours 2nd semester
- THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY - ADVANCED 6 CFU - 42 hours 2nd semester
- BYZANTINE LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- MEDIEVAL ITALIAN LITERATURE 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- GENERAL LINGUISTICS 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- METHODS OF ART HISTORY 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- DIRECTING AND PLAYWRITING IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- FILM HISTORY 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF THE GREEK THOUGHT 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF THEATRE 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF THE MODERN ARCHITECTURE 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY (ADVANCED) 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- ART HISTORY IN LOMBARDY (FROM FIFTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY) 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART - ADVANCED 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF MODERN ART 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF MODERN ART - ADVANCED 6 CFU - 42 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF ENGRAVING 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF ART CRITICISM 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF BOOK ILLUMINATION 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION AND CLASSICAL RECEPTION 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- HISTORY OF ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- THEORY AND METHODS OF RESTORATION - A 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- ANCIENT MILITARY HISTORY 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- FILM THEORY AND ANALYSIS 6 CFU - 42 hours 1st semester
- MUSICAL ANALYSIS 2 6 CFU - 42 hours Annual
- HARMONY 2 6 CFU - 36 hours Annual
- ERASMUS PLACEMENT TRAINEESHIP 12 CFU - 300 hours
- FINAL EXAM 30 CFU - 0 hours
- ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSICAL DRAMA 2 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSICAL DRAMA 3 6 CFU - 36 hours
- AESTHETICS OF MUSIC 2 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 2 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSIC TESTUAL CRITICISM 3 6 CFU - 36 hours
- METHODOLOGY OF DIGITAL MUSIC PUBLISHING 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ORGANOLOGY 2 6 CFU - 36 hours
- BYZANTINE MUSIC PALAEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSIC PEDAGOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- OPERA PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT 6 CFU - 36 hours
- SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC 6 CFU - 42 hours
- HISTORY OF AUTEUR SONG 6 CFU - 42 hours
- HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POETRY AND MUSIC 2 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MUSIC PRINTING 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MUSICAL FORMS AND TECHNIQUES IN COMPOSITION 1 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MUSICAL FORMS AND TECHNIQUES IN COMPOSITION 3 6 CFU - 42 hours
- POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY 6 CFU - 42 hours
- HISTORY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CONSTRUCTION TECNIQUES 12 CFU - 72 hours
- HISTORY OF MUSICAL THEORIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MIDDLE-AGES AND RENAISSANCE MUSICAL TEXTS' HISTORY AND CRITICISM 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSIC AND MEDIA STUDIES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY AND THEORY OF MONODIC MUSIC NOTATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY AND THEORY OF POLYPHONIC MUSIC NOTATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSIC THEORY 2 6 CFU - 42 hours
- VISUAL ARTS AND MULTIMEDIAL 6 CFU - 36 hours
- BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION 6 CFU - 36 hours
- DIGITAL HUMANITIES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- EXEGESIS OF THE SOURCES FOR ROMAN HISTORY 6 CFU - 42 hours
- AESTHETICS 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ROMANCE PHILOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY 6 CFU - 42 hours
- THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY - ADVANCED 6 CFU - 42 hours
- BYZANTINE LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MEDIEVAL ITALIAN LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- GENERAL LINGUISTICS 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MUSEOLOGY 6 CFU - 42 hours
- DIRECTING AND PLAYWRITING IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- FILM HISTORY 6 CFU - 42 hours
- HISTORY OF THEATRE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF THE MODERN ARCHITECTURE 6 CFU - 42 hours
- HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY (ADVANCED) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ART HISTORY IN LOMBARDY (FROM FIFTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART - ADVANCED 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MODERN ART 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MODERN ART - ADVANCED 6 CFU - 42 hours
- HISTORY OF ENGRAVING 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF CRITICISM 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF DANCE AND DANCE MUSIC 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF BOOK ILLUMINATION 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION AND CLASSICAL RECEPTION 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ANCIENT MILITARY HISTORY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- FILM THEORY AND ANALYSIS 6 CFU - 42 hours
- MUSICOLOGICAL WRITINGS WORKSHOP 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2 6 CFU - 36 hours
- GERMAN LANGUAGE 2 6 CFU - 36 hours
- WORKSHOP - DIGITAZION OF PHONOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS SOURCES AND MULTIMEDIA/SOUND PRODUCTION LAB 6 CFU - 48 hours
- WORKSHOP - DIGITIZATION OF MUSICAL SOURCES 6 CFU - 48 hours
- WORK EXPERIENCE 6 CFU - 150 hours
Educational goals
The Master's Degree in Musicology aims at a broad and differentiated education. Master's degree graduates will have acquired the appropriate skills for the management and conservation of musical heritage (books, organological, phonographic). They will also have acquired a solid knowledge of musical repertoires, which will allow them to manage the production and promotion of musical events within public or private structures interested in the dissemination of musical culture, including training institutes. Master's degree graduates will also have developed the palaeographic and philological skills to work in the field of music publishing as curators or music consultants. Finally, master's degree graduates will have the skills to offer original scientific and interdisciplinary research in the field of historical musicology, as well as systematic musicology and ethnomusicology. The wide range of musicological and extramusicological disciplines that characterize the educational path of the master's degree graduate guarantees the acquisition of in-depth knowledge in the various declinations of historical musicology (history of music, musical philology, bibliography and archival documentation, organology, performance practice) and systematic (musical analysis, musical sociology, musical aesthetics), as well as in the fields of ethnomusicology and popular music. Linguistic, historical, philosophical and scientific disciplines applied to the various fields of musical knowledge also contribute to a greater interdisciplinary understanding of musical phenomena. Finally, the training of the master's degree graduate is completed with the knowledge of the main computer tools applied to musicological research and the ability to express themselves in written and oral form in at least one language of the European Union in addition to Italian. The course of study is structured in such a way as to be able to provide several in-depth courses that focus from time to time on one of the various areas of operation of the musicologist, in view of his or her inclusion in the world of work as a consultant for production institutions, editorial manager, curator and conservator of musical heritage and as a promoter of cultural events.
Career opportunities
Musicologist in the field of media (consultant, critic, publicist, radio, television, communication networks, newspapers and magazines); in the field of teaching, after passing specific training courses provided for by current legislation (teachers of musical disciplines in lower and upper secondary schools and in music conservatories); in the field of research (PhDs, with a view to in-depth disciplinary studies and entry into the academic world). Editor and editor of editions Career opportunities in music and generalist publishing houses; record companies; television and radio broadcasters; newspapers, magazines and periodicals. Conservator and curator of collections Librarian and archivist at music libraries and sound and audiovisual archives; curator, consultant, supervisor, official at museums and instrument collections; archivist at Research Foundations. Music Production Operator Artistic production worker and promoter of cultural initiatives on behalf of theaters, concert societies, media, and other production bodies and institutions interested in the dissemination of musical culture.
Admission requirements
To be admitted to the Master's degree course, students must: a) be in possession of one of the following qualifications: a1) degree (including the one obtained according to the regulations in force prior to Ministerial Decree 509/1999 and subsequent amendments and additions) a2) Three-year university degree a3) A first-level academic diploma issued by a Conservatory of Music or by an equivalent music institute or by another institute in the field of Higher Artistic and Musical Education (AFAM) a4) A diploma issued by a Conservatory of Music or an equivalent music institute. a5) another qualification obtained abroad, recognized as suitable by the competent bodies of the University; The validity of qualifications a3) and a4) for the purposes of admission to the master's degree, pursuant to Law no. 268 of 22 November 2002, is subject to the possession of a secondary school diploma. b) be in possession of the curricular requirements specified below and an adequate personal preparation (with solid skills in the fields of music theory and music history, a good humanistic preparation and a basic knowledge of the English language). c) be able to use the main IT tools with particular regard to the specific field of musical disciplines. The curricular requirements for admission are: - for those who have obtained a university degree: the possession of at least 18 credits in the scientific-disciplinary sectors L-ART/07 (Musicology and History of Music) and/or L-ART/08 (Ethnomusicology) - for those who have obtained an AFAM qualification: the possession of at least 18 CFAs (or two annual or four semester exams) of historical-musical or technical-musical disciplines The Didactic Regulations of the degree programme define procedures aimed at verifying the adequacy of the student's initial preparation.