HV_785 Ferruccio Busoni

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
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 devoted to the work of Italian composer Ferruccia Busoni. Apart from the life and work of the composer, the interpretation will be focused on his composer's reference and literary work. In particular, his theoretical and aesthetic texts will be discussed.
Learning outcomes
The presentation will be devoted to F. Busoni's work. Upon completion of the course the student will be better oriented in the context of European music of the first half of the 20th century. They also better understand the history of some musical styles (neoclassicism, expressionism, futurism etc.).
Syllabus
  • Ferricio Busoni - Life and Work
  • Busoni and Schönberg
  • Busoni Composition Class
  • Entwurf einer neuen Ästhetik der Tonkunst
  • "junge Klassizität"
Literature
    required literature
  • Edward J. Dent: Ferruccio Busoni: A Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1933.
  • Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt: Ferruccio Busoni. Zeittafel eines Europäers. Zürich: Atlantis 1967.
  • Hugo Leichtentritt: Ferruccio Busoni, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1916.
    recommended literature
  • Gerda Busoni: Erinnerungen an Ferruccio Busoni, Berlin: Afas-Musik-Verlag 1958.
  • Antony Beaumont: Busoni the Composer. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1985.
  • SPURNÝ, Lubomír. Jednota hudby - hudba svobody. K Busoniho Návrhu nové estetiky (The Unity of Music - Music of Freedom: On Busoni's Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music). Opus musicum. Brno: Nadace Opus musicum, 1995, XXVII, No 2, p. 69-77. ISSN 0862-8505. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught every week.
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