Un percorso didattico sul madrigale del Trecento: «Appress’un fiume chiaro» di Giovanni da Cascia

The article introduces a didactic module, designed for students in the three last years of Music College, and aimed at understanding the 14-century madrigal. The first stage of the module focuses on the development of cognitive-cultural and linguistic-communicative functions, which is inherent in Music learning in schools. Starting from an analysis of the poetic text and from listening, students will undertake a process of structural and formal observation and interpretation of the piece. This part of the module is based on inductive-deductive strategies, which presuppose constant interaction between students and teacher. Subsequently, through further analysis targeted at specific aspects of the composition, the module will reinforce the intellectual competences that have already been developed, connecting the educational functions mentioned above with the critical-aesthetic function - the madrigal will be considered in its historical dimension, as well as in its relationship with the context in which it was produced and received, so that its meaning can be grasped, and defined with the help of literary, social and strictly cultural elements.