Organology

The course aims to develop students' skill in identifying the musical instruments mentioned in scores and in historical sources of western music. Concurrently, it deals with the issues related to the preservation and conservation of the instruments from the past centuries still preserved in museums and private collections.

Students are expected to recognize and discuss typical issues of the discipline, such as the synonymity between different musical instruments' names, as well as to deal correctly with related identification methods. Awareness of modern study and conservation techniques for old musical instruments, those of the Western tradition in particular, is expected to be carefully treated.