HV_735 Introduction to Organology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Students acquire the ability to orientate in the historical and systematic aspects of the scientific view of musical instruments. He will be able to define the organology as a scientific discipline, to characterize the individual phases of the development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, to enumerate the individual components of the acoustic system of musical instruments, to describe the directives of the directional characteristics of the emission of musical instruments. The student acquires the ability to orientate in the problems of historical development of individual instrument types, can characterize the most important organological concepts and define ethnoorganology as an organic subdisciline, including characteristics of its specific methods.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to characterize the individual phases of the development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, to enumerate the individual components of the acoustic system of musical instruments, to describe the directives of the directional characteristics of the emission of musical instruments.
Syllabus
  • Organology as a musicological discipline (subject field, objectives and methodology of the field, complex organological image of the musical instrument, development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, basic organological literature.
Literature
    required literature
  • KURFURST, Pavel. Hudební nástroje. 1st ed. Praha: TOGGA, 2002, 1168 pp. ISBN 80-902912-1-X. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, group discussions
Assessment methods
presentation, attendance (70%), written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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