FF:HV_806b Music History VI - Course Information

HV_806b Music History in Outline VI - seminar

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Rebecca Grosschmidtová (seminar tutor)
MgA. Mgr. Patrik Červák (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

HV_01a Introduction to Musicology && HV_02a Proseminar I && HV_02b Proseminar II && HV_801a Music History I A && HV_04 Elements of Music Theory && HV_05a Harmony I. && HV_08 Intonation && HV_09 Audial Analysis
Preliminary requirements include the basic understanding of harmony a musical form.

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

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Course objectives

At the end of this course, the students should gain the orientation in the history of the 20th-century music, especially regarding the stylistic and compositional developments in their relationships to other artistic and cultural phenomena. They will learn to identify the musical styles on the structural level and will learn to understand the individual poetics of leading composers.

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to recognize and analyze various stylistic tendencies and musical forms of the 20th century.

Syllabus

• See Naxos music library, Masarykova univerzita Playlist, divided into these topics
• Modern music in Germany and Central Europe
• French impressionism and symbolism
• Russian modern music
• Expressionism and twelve-tone music
• Neo-classicism and "Neue Sachlichkeit"
• Neo-folklorism
• American modernism
• Traditionalists before 1945
• Socialist realism and music
• Serialism and its opponents
• American avant-garde and radical music
• Aleatory and the music of colours in Europe
• Music and post-modernism

Literature

recommended literature
• NYMAN, Michael. Experimental music : Cage and beyond. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xx, 196. ISBN 0521653835. info
• WHITTALL, Arnold. Musical composition in the twentieth century. 1st publ. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, vi, 419 s. ISBN 0-19-816684-2. info
• DANUSER, Hermann. Neues Handbuch der Musikwissenschaft. Lizenzausg. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1997, vi, 465. info
• NAVRÁTIL, Miloš. Nástin vývoje evropské hudby 20. století. Ostrava: Montanex, spol. s r.o., 1993, 189 pp. ISBN 80-85300-26-5. info
• Anthology of twentieth-century music. Edited by Robert P. Morgan. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991, xii, 452. ISBN 0393952843. info
• MORGAN, Robert P. Twentieth-century music : a history of musical style in modern Europe and America. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991, xvii, 554. ISBN 0-393-95272-X. info
• DAHLHAUS, Carl. Schoenberg and the new music. Translated by Derrick Puffett - Alfred Clayton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, viii, 305. ISBN 0521337836. info
• DAHLHAUS, Carl. Schönberg und andere : gesammelte Aufsätze zur Neuen Musik. Edited by Hans Oesch. Mainz: Schott, 1978, 412 s. ISBN 3795721687. info
• Skladatelé o hudební poetice 20. století : Copland, Stravinskij, Schoenberg, Berg, Bartók, Martinů, Prokofjev, Honegger, Šostakovič. Edited by Ivan Vojtěch. Vydání první. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1960, 192 s. info

Teaching methods

The listening seminar is held in person with electronic learning support.

Assessment methods

A listening test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.

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