SUS_57 History of Jazz Music

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Jan Dalecký (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 N51
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
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course is the acquaintance to basic directions and names in the world jazz scene.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to:
to focus on the issues of the world jazz scene
to identify the basic directions and personalities of the world jazz scene
to prepare an essay on the topic
Syllabus
  • Roots of work song, spiritual, blues, brass band, ragtime
  • Early jazz in New Orleans, dixieland, Chicago
  • Origins of big bands, swing of the 30s and 40s
  • Modern jazz, bebop, cool, east coast, hard bop, west coast, free, third stream
  • Mainstream of the 60s, bossa nova, fusion (jazz-rock, electric jazz)
  • - Louis Armstrong
  • - Duke Ellington
  • - Charlie Parker
  • - Miles Davis
Literature
    recommended literature
  • GIOIA, Ted. The history of jazz. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, 444 s. ISBN 9780195399707. info
  • SHIPTON, Alyn. A new history of jazz. 2nd. ed., rev. and update ed. New York: Continuum, 2010, xi, 804. ISBN 9780826417893. info
  • MATZNER, Antonín, Ivan POLEDŇÁK and Igor WASSERBERGER. Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby. 1. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1990, 649 s., [4. ISBN 80-7058-210-3. info
  • DORŮŽKA, Lubomír. Panoráma populární hudby 1918-1978, aneb, Nevšední písničkáři všedních dní. První vydání. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1981, 284 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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