Bachelor in Electronic music
1) Aptitude test (culture)
a) Sound dictation: each candidate is presented with one or more electronic sounds, of which he has to produce a free graphic representation and a verbal description of sonic components.
b) Knowledge of electroacoustic music: each candidate is presented one or more excerpts from an electroacoustic piece among the following list. The candidate has to outline the historical background, make reference to the author and provide some technical information about the realization process.
List of electroacoustic works: Luciano Berio, Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) (1958), Visage (1961); John Cage, Fontana Mix (1958); Franco Evangelisti, Incontri di fasce sonore (1957); György Ligeti, Artikulation (1958); Glissandi (1957); Bruno Maderna, Continuo (1958); Musica su due dimensioni (1958); Luigi Nono, La Fabbrica Illuminata (1965); Ricorda cosa ti hanno fatto in Auschwitz (1965); Henri Pousseur, Scambi (1957); Steve Reich, Come out (1966); Pierre Schaeffer, Etude aux Objects (1959); Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gesang der Jünglinge (1955-56); Kontakte (1959-60); Mikrophonie I (1964); Edgard Varèse, Poème électronique (1958); Iannis Xenakis, Concrete PH (1958).
Suggested bibliograpy (one book at choice):
- Fred K. Prieberg, Musica ex Machina, Einaudi, Torino, 1963.
- Armando Gentilucci, Introduzione alla Musica Elettronica, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1972.
- Henri Pousseur (ed.), La Musica Elettronica, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1976.
- Joel Chadabe, Electric Sound. The Past and Promise of Electronic Music, Prentice Hall, 1997.
- Francesco Galante and Nicola Sani, Musica espansa, Ricordi LIM, Lucca, 2000.
- Peter Manning, Electronic and Computer Music, OUP, Oxford, 2013 (IV ed.).
2) Aptitude test (practice)
a) Electroacoustics: practical assignment using the electroacoustic chain: microphone, mixer, amplifier, loudspeaker.
b) Informatics: assignment to prove basic knowledge of the computer: operating system, text editor, program run, browser and internet query, email program; file operations (copy, paste, cut, etc.).
3) Theory test
a) Fundamentals of acoustics and psychoacoustics
Suggested bibliograpy (one book at choice):
- John R. Pierce, The Science of Musical Sound, Scientific American Books, New York, 1983.
- F. Alton Everest, Master Handbook of Acoustics, McGraw-Hill, 2009 (VI ed.).
- Andrea Frova, Fisica nella musica, Zanichelli, 1999.
- S. Cingolani and R. Spagnolo, Acustica musicale e architettonica, UTET, Torino, 2007 (II ed.).
b) Fundamentals of music informatics: digital formats, sampling, sound synthesis and processing, MIDI
Suggested bibliograpy (one book at choice):
- Curtis Roads, The Computer Music Tutorial, MIT Press, Cambridge-London, 1996.
- Vincenzo Lombardo, Andrea Valle, Audio e multimedia, Apogeo Editore, Milano, 2008 (III ed., book with CD).
c) History of the 20th century music: the candidate is presented one or more excerpts of a work of the 20th century. The candidate has to outline the historical background , make reference to the author's aesthetics and biography, and provide some information about the composition technique.
Suggested bibliograpy (one book at choice):
- Guido Salvetti, Storia della Musica. La Nascita del Novecento, Torino, EDT 1996 (II ed.).
- Gianfranco Vinay, Storia della Musica. Il Novecento nell'Europa orientale e negli Stati Uniti, Torino, EDT 1996 (II ed.).
- Andrea Lanza, Storia della Musica. Il Secondo Novecento, Torino, EDT 1996 (II ed.).
4) Interview
Discussion about theoretical and practical assignments. Presentation by the candidate of one or more original (possibly electroacoustic) composition projects.
Exam duration
Assignments: approx. 60'
Interview: approx. 20'
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Master in Composition with new technologies
For the admission to the master course in Composition with new technologies one of the following degrees is required:
- Bachelor's degree (1st level academic diploma) in Composition
- Bachelor's degree (1st level academic diploma) in Composition and new technologies
- Bachelor's degree (1st level academic diploma) in Electronic music
- Degree (former academic diploma) in Experimental composition
- Degree (former academic diploma) in Composition
- Degree (former academic diploma) in Electronic music
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