FF:SHK04 Counterpoint - Course Information
SHK04 Counterpoint
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Martin Celhoffer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Miloš Štědroň, CSc. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Martin Celhoffer, Ph.D.
Academy of Ancient Music – Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Martin Celhoffer, Ph.D. - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- SHK02 Music theory
- 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
- Theory and Practice of Ancient Music (programme FF, B-OT)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students will be able to compose basic techniques. 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
- ZARLINO, Gioseffo (1517-1590). Le Institutioni Harmoniche. Benátky 1562 (2. vyd.) online:http://imgbase-scd-ulp.u-strasbg.fr/displayimage.php?album=556&pos=0
- FUX, Johann Joseph: Gradus ad Parnassum (Vídeň 1725).
- ZARLINO, Gioseffo: The Art of Counterpoint (anglický překlad III. dílu spisu Le Institutioni Harmoniche 1558; 2. vyd., Londýn 1976).
- HŮLA, Zdeněk. Nauka o kontrapunktu. 1. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1985, 323 s. URL info
- recommended literature
- 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).
- SIMPSON, Christopher: A Compendium of Practical Music in Five Parts (druhé vydání 1667, reprint Oxford 1970).
- MOTTE, Diether de la. Kontrapunkt : ein Lese- und Arbeitsbuch [Motte, 1999]. 6. Aufl. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1999, 374 s. : n. ISBN 3-423-30146-5. info
- ŠÍN, Otakar. Nauka o kontrapunktu, imitaci a fuze. Praha: Fr. A. Urbánek a synové, 1936, viii, 196. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, practice, discussion
- Assessment methods
- written test, homeworks, analysis, oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 8 hodin konzultací.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin konzultací.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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