HV_741a Theory and history of popular music I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
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
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
each even Tuesday 14:00–17:40 Scala
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 197 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 15/197, only registered: 0/197, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/197
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture course is devoted to the theory and history of popular music which represents a detached sphere for the musicological research. Because of a specific features of the subject and of the objectives there is a particular methodology in progress. The course investigates a specific methodology and terminology of popular music as well as social and political contexts. The course outlines a development of popular music throughout the history with a special emphasis to the distinguishing of serious and popular music spheres during the 19th century and to the tendencies of development of various genres of popular music during the 20th century.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to define various phenomena from the field of the non-A music.
Syllabus
  • the definition of the phenomenon, music and social aspects of the phenomenon, contexts of the development, the terminology, various forms of the existence of popular music traditional popular music the starting point of the jazz and modern dance music modern popular music the popularn music in the post-modern era
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DORŮŽKA, Lubomír. Panoráma populární hudby 1918-1978, aneb, Nevšední písničkáři všedních dní. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1981, 284 s. : i. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with sound and audiovisual illustrations
Assessment methods
Written test consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions, minimum pass level 75 %..
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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