FF:VH_719a World Music I. - Course Information
VH_719a World Music I.
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Aleš Opekar, CSc. (lecturer), PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (deputy)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová - Timetable
- each even Monday 15:00–18:15 N41
- 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 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Musicology (programme FF, B-HS)
- Musicology (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
- Musicology (programme FF, M-HS)
- Musicology (programme FF, M-OT)
- Musicology (programme FF, N-HS)
- Musicology (programme FF, N-OT) (2)
- Combined Art Studies (programme FF, B-HS)
- Combined Art Studies (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
- Theory of Interactive Media (programme FF, B-HS)
- Theory of Interactive Media (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students will be able to:
Define the basic terms from the field of the world music
Explain the relations of musical expressions and activities by individual ethnic groups and mutual fusions
Formulate opinions and conclusions concerning relations of the original ethnic music cultures and contemporary music trends and technologies (world music)
Interpret basic trends in the world music
Analyse typical musical activities of individual cultures - Syllabus
- basic terms, definitions, relations of world music, folklore, ethnomusicology and music anthropology
- Western Africa
- Central, Eastern and South Africa
- Far East
- India
- Mediterranean
- Arabian Peninsula
- Pacific and Australia
- Northern America
- Caribic and Latin America
- Europe and the Celtic territory
- Czech and Slovak world music
- Possible views across territories (jewish, gypsy music etc.)
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with musical examples.
- Assessment methods
- Two options: written test or an essay on a theme agreed by the teacher
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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