VH_06 Counterpoint

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Miloš Štědroň, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Miloš Štědroň, CSc.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 N41
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VH_01a Introduction to Musicology && VH_02a Proseminar I && VH_04 Elements of Music Theory
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
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
  • HŮLA, Zdeněk: Nauka o kontrapunktu (Praha, Editio Supraphon 1985).
  • FUX, Johann Joseph. Gradus ad Parnassum, oder, Anführung zur regelmäßigen musikalischen Composition. Translated by Lorenz Christoph Mizler. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2008, 197 s. ISBN 9783487052090. info
  • ZARLINO, Gioseffo: The Art of Counterpoint (anglický překlad III. dílu spisu Le Institutioni Harmoniche 1558; 2. vyd., Londýn 1976).
    recommended literature
  • ŠÍN, Otakar: Nauka o kontrapunktu, imitaci a fuze (Praha 1936).
  • SIMPSON, Christopher: A Compendium of Practical Music in Five Parts (druhé vydání 1667, reprint Oxford 1970).
  • 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).
  • LA MOTTE, Diether de. Kontrapunkt : ein Lese- und Arbeitsbuch. 1. Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1985, 374 s. info
  • Der freie Satz (Variant.) : Kontrapunkt und Fuge im freien (modernen) Tonsatz einschließlich Chorkomposition. info
Teaching methods
lectures, homeworks
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Kurz probíhá v rámci projektu č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0044 Inovace uměnovědných studijních oborů na Filozofické fakultě MU, který je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky. Viz. www.phil.muni.cz/music/opvk.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018.
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