HV_312 Riemann and Schenker. Ways of musical analysis

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025

The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Klára Hedvika Linkovová Mühlová (assistant)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VH_39 Bachelor exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lecture is focused on the musical theoretical work of Hugo Riemann (1849-1919) and Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935).
Hugo Riemann is associated with the current concept of tonality and analysis.
Heinrich Schneker belongs to the authors who have significantly influenced the development of modern music theory. Thanks to this, the interior of the musical work was becoming more and more focused, so the structure and analysis and interpretations became the center of interest.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to orientate in different types of musical analytical methods of approaches.
Syllabus
  • Basic concepts:
  • Analysis
  • Form
  • Functional Styles
  • Function
  • String
  • Schichtenlehre
  • Hintergrung
  • Mittelgrund
  • Vordergrund
  • Diminution
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SCHENKER, Heinrich. The art of performance. Edited by Heribert Esser, Translated by Irene Schreier Scott. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, xxvii, 101. ISBN 0195151518. info
  • SPURNÝ, Lubomír. Heinrich Schenker - dávný neznámý (Heinrich Schenker - Unknown). Opus musicum. Brno: Nadace Opus musicum, 1996, XXVIII, No 3, p. 104-112. ISSN 00862-8505. info
  • Geschichte der Musiktheorie im 9.-19. Jahrhundert. Edited by Hugo Riemann. 2. Aufl. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990, xxiii, 550. ISBN 3487002566. info
  • FORTE, Allen and Steven E. GILBERT. Introduction to Schenkerian analysis. Edited by Heinrich Schenker. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1982, 397 s. ISBN 0393951928. info
  • SCHENKER, Heinrich. Harmony. Edited by Oswald Jonas, Translated by Elisabeth Mann-Borgese. Pbk. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980, xxxii, 359. ISBN 0226737349. info
  • SCHENKER, Heinrich. Five graphic music analyses. Edited by Felix Salzer. New York: Dover, 1969, 61 s. ISBN 9780486222943. info
  • L. van Bethovens sämtliche Klavier-Solosonaten : ästhetische und formal-technische Analyse mit historischen Notizen. Edited by Hugo Riemann. 3. Aufl. Berlin: Max Hesses Verlag, 1919, 476 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
exam, tests
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught every week.
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