VH_53 Methods of analysis of tonal and atonal music

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
VH_05 Harmony && VH_06 Counterpoint
The introductory courses in harmony and counterpoint are required.
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
The course focuses on the techniques of Schenkerian analysis and on the "pitch class sets theory" by Allen Forte. The strudents will be iuntroduced to several other analytical approaches (Meyer, semiotical approach etc.).
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Pojem tonalita
  • Základní principy schenkerovské analýzy
  • Melodické diminuce
  • Vedení hlasů
  • Lineární intervalové vzorce
  • Prolongace
  • Základní principy analýzy atonální hudby
Literature
  • SPURNÝ, Lubomír. Heinrich Schenker - dávný neznámý. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého - vydavatelství, 2000, 186 pp. ISBN 80-244-0055-3. info
  • COOK, Nicholas. A guide to musical analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, 376 stran. ISBN 9780198165088. info
  • DUNSBY, Jonathan and Arnold WHITTALL. Music Analysis in Theory and Practice. London: Faber Music, 1988, 250 pp. ISBN 0-571-10065-1. info
  • FORTE, Allen and Steven E. GILBERT. Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis. New York, London: W. W. Norton and Company, 1982, 397 pp. ISBN 0-393-95192-8. info
  • FORTE, Allen. The Structure of Atonal Music. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1973, 224 pp. ISBN 0-300-02120-8. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka probíhá formou přednášky a navazujícího cvičení, účast na cvičení je povinná. Během semestru je vyžadována domácí práce studentů. Kurz je zakončen ústní zkouškou, její součástí je obhajoba vlastního analytického projektu.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2007.
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