KL15 History of and Music for the Piano 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the beginnings of the piano, with the specificity of the game on the clavichord and the harpsichord, in the last but not least then with the principle of operation of all direct and indirect predecessors of the piano. Emphasis is placed on the late-baroque literature with the elements of virtuosity.
Syllabus
  • 1. Predecessors of the piano 2. The development of pianoforte, the principle of the viennese and English mechanics 3. The specifics of the clavichordu 4. Developmental line of the harpsichord 5. Hammerklavier 6. The current pianos, their maintenance 7. The oldest monuments of the literature for keyboard instruments 8. Baroque polyphony, the form of the fugue in piano literature 9. J.S. Bach and his work 10. G.F. Handel and his work 11. Bach's contemporaries 12. Keyboard instruments in the baroque orchestra
Literature
  • PRUNER, Jaroslav. Klavír: historie, psychologie, diskografie. Ostrava: Montanex, 1999. ISBN 80-7225-025-6.
  • MICHELS, Ulrich. Encyklopedický atlas hudby. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2000. ISBN 80-7106-238-3.
  • BADURA - SKODA, P. Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard. Oxford: Clarendon press, 2002. ISBN 0-19-816576-5
  • KURFUERST, P. Základy organologické ikonologie. Brno: MU, 2001. 220 s. ISBN 80-210-2578-6
  • SÝKORA, V. J. Dějiny klavírního umění od nejstarší doby až po současnost. Praha: Panton, 1973. 193 s.
  • MERGENTALOVÁ, M. Dějiny a literatura klavíru. Kroměříž 2006, PDF vytvořeno zkušební verzí pdfFactory Pro www.fineprint.cz.
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparing, discussion.
Assessment methods
Credit. Required of home preparing.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
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