TIM_MK_001 From Electronic Music to Live Coding Performance I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
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.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course should contribute to a broader understanding the development of electroacoustic music in the world as well as in the home conditions. Students will be acquainted with basic aesthetic and technical problems of EM.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to identify, classify and interpret various forms of technologically produced music of the 20th century with overlapping to the present times.
Syllabus
  • Definition, typology of EA music
  • The Pioneer Generation - Feruccio Busoni and Italian Futurism
  • Musique concrète
  • French EA music - E. Varèse, I. Xenakis, P. Boulez
  • German EA music - K. Stockhausen
  • EA music in Czechoslovakia
  • EA music in USA
  • Computer music
Literature
    required literature
  • FLAŠAR, Martin. Elektroakustická hudba [online]. 1 vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015 [cit. 2018-01-23]. Elportál. Dostupné z: . ISBN 978-80-210-7944-1, 978-80-210-7945-8 (epub). ISSN 1802-128X.
    recommended literature
  • DOHNALOVÁ, Lenka. Estetické modely evropské elektroakustické hudby a elektroakustická hudba v ČR. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2001. 234 s. +. ISBN 80-7290-047-1.
  • FLAŠAR, Martin. Poeme électronique. 1958. Le Corbusier - E. Varese - I. Xenakis. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. 162 s. Spisy FF MU v Brně ; č. 409. ISBN 978-80-210-5945-0.
  • SCHAEFFER, Pierre. Konkrétní hudba. Přeložil František Tvrdý. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1971.
  • HOLMES, Thom. Electronic and experimental music : technology, music, and culture. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2008. xviii, 462. ISBN 9780415957823.
  • FLAŠAR, Martin, Daniel MATEJ a Michal RATAJ. Electronic music today: Where are we going and what are we doing? 1. vyd. Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně, 2014. 126 s. ISBN 978-80-7460-071-5.
  • LÉBL, Vladimír. Elektronická hudba. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní hudební vydavatelství, 1966. 97 s.
  • FORRÓ, Daniel. Svět MIDI. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1997. 375 s. ISBN 8071694126.
Teaching methods
Lectures; discussion of lecture topics in the context of required and recommended readings.
Assessment methods
Attendance of at least 75%, written final test from the required literature (i.e. lecture content).
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/podzim2025/TIM_MK_001/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: v rozsahu 80 hodin / semestr.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 80 hodin výuky/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2025, recent)
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