VH_06 Counterpoint

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Miloš Štědroň, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VH_04 Elements of Music Theory
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/75, only registered: 0/75
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students will be acquainted with the specificities of vocal and instrumental polyphonies in the renaissance and baroque music. Basic techniques: imitation, proportion, modality etc. Basic forms: canon, motet, madrigal, passacaglia, fugue etc.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to counterpoint: basic terminology
  • Prerequisites: intervals and modes - their classification
  • Techniques of the cantus firmus: 1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 3:1, 6:1 and syncopic counterpoint
  • Imitation techniques: typology
  • Contrapuntal figures
  • Instrumental techniques: free and reversed counterpoint
  • Fugue - analysis and exemplification of the techniques
Literature
    required literature
  • HŮLA, Zdeněk: Nauka o kontrapunktu (Praha, Editio Supraphon 1985).
  • ZARLINO, Gioseffo: The Art of Counterpoint (anglický překlad III. dílu spisu Le Institutioni Harmoniche 1558; 2. vyd., Londýn 1976).
  • FUX, Johann Joseph: Gradus ad Parnassum (Vídeň 1725).
    recommended literature
  • ŠÍN, Otakar: Nauka o kontrapunktu, imitaci a fuze (Praha 1936).
  • SIMPSON, Christopher: A Compendium of Practical Music in Five Parts (druhé vydání 1667, reprint Oxford 1970).
  • MARPURG, Friedrich Wilhelm: Handbuch bey dem Generalbasse und der Composition (sv. I–III, 1755–58).
  • MORLEY, Thomas: An Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music (London 1597, reprint London 1952).
  • LA MOTTE, Diether de. Kontrapunkt : ein Lese- und Arbeitsbuch. 1. Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1985, 374 s. info
  • Der freie Satz (Variant.) : Kontrapunkt und Fuge im freien (modernen) Tonsatz einschließlich Chorkomposition. info
Teaching methods
lectures, homeworks with materials in the e-learning university system, drills,
Assessment methods
Written test (examination consisting of 5 exercises aimed at testing the essential skills in creating and analysing counterpoint).
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 Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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