HV_808 Music History of Czech Lands II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
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
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
Overview of the Czech music history in the 19th and 20th century
Conditions of the formation of the Czech music.
Types of the music culture.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to understand the stylistic development in music performed in the Czech lands in the given period.
Syllabus
  • Conception of Zdeněk Nejedlý and Vladimír Helfert
  • Types of the music culture
  • the role of music in the emancipation process of the Czech nation in the 19th century
  • Czech opera
  • Music criticism
  • Smetana and Dvořák
  • Modern music
  • Inter-war music
  • Music after 1945
Literature
    required literature
  • Helfert, Vladimír. Česká moderní hudba. Olomouc: Index, 1936.
  • ČERNÝ, Jaromír. Hudba v českých dějinách :od středověku do nové doby. Praha: Supraphon, 1989, 483 s., [1. ISBN 80-7058-163-8. info
  • TROJAN, Jan. Dějiny opery. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění, 1981, 231 s. info
  • HELFERT, Vladimír. Česká moderní hudba : studie o české hudební tvořivosti. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Index, 1936, 173 s. URL info
  • NEJEDLÝ, Zdeněk. Umění. V Praze: Hejda & Tuček, 1903, xi, 261. info
    recommended literature
  • SEHNAL, Jiří and Jiří VYSLOUŽIL. Dějiny hudby na Moravě. Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost v Brně, 2001. Vlastivěda Moravská. Země a lid. Svazek 12. ISBN 80-7275-021-6. info
  • LÉBL, Vladimír. Vítězslav Novák : život a dílo. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1964, 463 s. URL info
  • NEJEDLÝ, Zdeněk. Česká moderní zpěvohra po Smetanovi. V Praze: J. Otto, 1911, 364 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures with audioexamples
Assessment methods
final written test
Náhradní absolvování
In the case of a study abroad, it is possible to take the subject in a substitute form after agreement with the teacher. After returning, it is possible to write the final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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