VB023 Folk Music

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:50 C416
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! V023 Folk Music
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject provides basic information about the creation, development and poetics of modern folk song genre (both Czech (60s to 80s) and foreign). The goal of the course is to offer the students of computer science counterbalance to their specialized courses and entice them into an active approach to cultural and social events.
Syllabus
  • The origin, development and poetics of Contemporary Urban Adult Music, its current and future relations to the other kinds of music.
  • Singing poets and poetry turned into music. Woody Guthrie, Pet Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Bulat Okudžava, Vladimír Vysockij, Karel Kryl, Vladimír Merta, Jaroslav Hutka, Vlastimil Třešňák, Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plíhal, Slávek Janoušek, Jan Nedvěd...
  • Students composing their own music, the structure of lyrics, harmonization, guitar and other accompanying instruments, principles of duets and turning poetry into music.
  • Production of a folk concert, listener psychology.
  • Computer music.
  • Copyright.
  • The ability to play a musical instrument is welcomed but is not necessary.
Literature
  • MERTA, Vladimír. Zpívaná poezie :úvaha vzniklá za pochodu v letech 1982-84. 1. vyd. Praha: Panton, 1990, 141 s. ISBN 80-7039-032-8. info
  • Nebýt stádem Hamletů : průhledy do českého folku. Edited by Josef Prokeš. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 259 s. ISBN 8021008717. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/qprokes
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2002, recent)
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