VH_03b Music History in Outline II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:50–12:25 N41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course concentrates on the key chapter in the music history after 1740. There will be a stress on the topics which are considered controversial or problematic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Opera seria × buffa, Gluck's operatic reform. 2. The advent of classicism. Classical orchestra, typical forms. 3. L. v. Beethoven. Symphonic ideal, string quartet. 4. The issue of national schools, politically engaged music. 5. Selected phenomena of music of the 19th century: the figure of genius, virtuosity, exotism. 6. R. Wagner and influence of his conception of music drama. 7. Czech modern music. 8. Philosophy of New Music: two branches. Dodecaphony × neoclassicism. 9. Music and technology. The issue of mass media, electroacoustic music. Tone - Sound - Multimedia. 10. Postmodern music as the result of postwar avant-garde. Aleatory, musical theater, rehabilitation of emotionality. 11. Reductionism, minimalism, post-minimalism? 12. Music and cultural industry. Non-artificial music, film and game music. 13. Searching for authenticity - contemporary music centers and personalities.
Literature
    required literature
  • Die Musik des 18. Jahrhunderts. Edited by Carl Dahlhaus. 2. Aufl. Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 1994, vi, 434 s. ISBN 3-89007-035-3. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Miloš. Nástin vývoje evropské hudby 20. století. Ostrava: Montanex, spol. s r.o., 1993, 189 pp. ISBN 80-85300-26-5. info
  • DAHLHAUS, Carl. Die Musik des 19. Jahrhunderts. 2nd ed. Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 1989, 360 pp. Neues Handbuch der Musikwissenschaft, Bd. 6. ISBN 3-89007-036-1. info
  • ROSEN, Charles. The classical style : Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. London: Faber and Faber, 1971, 467 s. : i. ISBN 0-571-10234-4. info
    recommended literature
  • EINSTEIN, Alfred. Hudba v období romantizmu. Bratislava: OPUS, 1989. ISBN 80-7093-003-9. info
  • KOUBA, Jan. ABC hudebních slohů : od raného středověku k W.A. Mozartovi. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1988, 253 s. URL info
  • Sonata forms. Edited by Charles Rosen. Rev. ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1988, 415 s. ISBN 0393302199. info
  • VYSLOUŽIL, Jiří. Hudobníci 20. storočia. Translated by Július Pašteka. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Štátne hudobné vydavateľstvo, 1964, 457 s. info
Assessment methods
The colloquium will take place in the form of an oral exam concerning an identification of compulsory compositions. The compulsory pieces will be published on the website of the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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