Course: Historical-theoretic Approaches to Music

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Course title Historical-theoretic Approaches to Music
Course code KFI/PHHB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bílková Jitka, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Havlík Vladimír, Doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Problematics of music perception. General principles of music interpretation. Specifics of music in the comparison with other kinds of art. Key musical concepts, musical means of expression 2.Philosophical approaches to music in the Ancient period - Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle Approaches to music in the Middle Ages - music as the part of quadrivium, St. Augustin. Music in the Middle Ages, polyphony 3) - 4) Music in the Renaissance, Camerata of Firenze; music of the Baroque period, the birth of the Baroque opera (Monteverdi, Gluck) 5) - 6) The change of musical means of expression in the Classicism, the orchestra in the music of classicism; the role of an interpret 7) - 9) Music of Romanticism; new musical forms; national schools; discussions about the form of music (Neo-romanticism and Classical-romantic synthesis); important opera composers 10) - 11) The development of music at the end of the 19th century - late Romanticism; Impressionism 12) - 13) Transformation of musical means of expression in the styles of the 1st half of the 20th cenury; Neo-classicism; jazz influences in classical music

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar classes, Lecture
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 48 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to name various genres of music, musical instruments etc.
to introduce some famous composers
to describe various artistic styles
Skills
to identify the differences between some genres of popular and classical music before starting the studies.
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize the main features of music of the mentioned styles
to describe the work of important composers of European artificial (classical) music and list examples of their work
to explain the relations between the musical styles and general cultural development
to interpret the approaches to music in different historical periods
Skills
to analyse the essential musical means of expression in the composition
to explain the development of musical means of expression
to correlate the theoretical approaches to music and the characteristic of work of some composers of particular historical period
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Skills
Seminar
Individual study
Skills demonstration
Competences
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Hrčková, Naďa. Dějiny hudby I. - VI.. Praha : Ikar.
  • Kouba J. ABC hudebních slohů. Od ranného středověku k W.A.Mozartovi. Praha, 1988.
  • OČADLÍK, M. Svět orchestru: průvodce českou orchestrální tvorbou. Praha : Svoboda, 1995.
  • OČADLÍK, M. Svět orchestru: Průvodce evropskou orchestrální tvorbou. Hudba předklasická, klasická, romantická a impresionistická. Praha : Panton, 1965.
  • SCHNIERER, M. Dějiny hudby. Brno : JAMU, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7460-022-7.
  • SCHNIERER, M. Hudba 20. století. Brno : JAMU, 2014.
  • Smolka,J. a kol. Dějiny hudby. Praha Togga s ČHF, 2001.
  • Šafařík, Jiří. Dějiny hudby. I. díl, Od počátků hudby do konce 18. století. Praha : Votobia, 2002. ISBN 80-7220-126-3.
  • VIČIAR, J.; DYKAST, R. Hudební estetika. Praha : AMU, 1998. ISBN 80-85883-30-9.
  • Zenkl, Luděk. ABC hudební nauky. 8. vyd., V Editio Bärenreiter Praha vyd. 2. Praha : Editio Bärenreiter, 2003. ISBN 80-86385-21-3.


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