VH_806a Music History in Outline VI A

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)
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 N43
Prerequisites
Preliminary requirements include the basic understanding of harmony and musical form.
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
Course objectives
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
memorize the tendencies and periods of historical development of the 20th-century music;
recognise aurally the main musical styles of the 20th century music;
interrelate the stylistic and compositional developments to other artistic and cultural phenomena;
characterise the individual poetics of leading composers;
apply the instruments of musis theory in the historical analysis of particular works and styles;
re-construct historical connections in the development of the musical language of the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • Modern music in Germany and Central Europe
  • French impressionism and symbolism
  • Russian modern music
  • Expressionism and twelve-tone music
  • Neo-classicism and "Neue Sachlichkeit"
  • Neo-folklorism
  • American modernism
  • Traditionalists before 1945
  • Socialist realism and music
  • Serialism and its opponents
  • American avant-garde and radical music
  • Aleatory and the music of colours in Europe
  • Music and post-modernism
Literature
    required literature
  • ROSS, Alex. Zbývá jen hluk : naslouchání dvacátému století. Translated by Petr Kopet. Vyd. 1. Praha: Dokořán, 2011, 578 s. ISBN 9788073633974. info
  • WHITTALL, Arnold. Musical composition in the twentieth century. 1st publ. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, vi, 419 s. ISBN 0-19-816684-2. info
  • Anthology of twentieth-century music. Edited by Robert P. Morgan. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991, xii, 452. ISBN 0393952843. info
  • MORGAN, Robert P. Twentieth-century music : a history of musical style in modern Europe and America. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991, xvii, 554. ISBN 0-393-95272-X. info
  • Skladatelé o hudební poetice 20. století : Copland, Stravinskij, Schoenberg, Berg, Bartók, Martinů, Prokofjev, Honegger, Šostakovič. Edited by Ivan Vojtěch. Vydání první. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1960, 192 s. info
    recommended literature
  • Postmoderní hudba? : německá diskuse na sklonku 20. století. Edited by Vít Zouhar. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2004, 257 s. ISBN 8024409739. info
  • NYMAN, Michael. Experimental music : Cage and beyond. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xx, 196. ISBN 0521653835. info
  • DANUSER, Hermann. Neues Handbuch der Musikwissenschaft. Lizenzausg. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1997, vi, 465. info
  • DAHLHAUS, Carl. Schoenberg and the new music. Translated by Derrick Puffett - Alfred Clayton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, viii, 305. ISBN 0521337836. info
  • DAHLHAUS, Carl. Schönberg und andere : gesammelte Aufsätze zur Neuen Musik. Edited by Hans Oesch. Mainz: Schott, 1978, 412 s. ISBN 3795721687. info
  • SCHAEFFER, Pierre. Konkrétní hudba. Přeložil František Tvrdý. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1971. info
  • LÉBL, Vladimír. Elektronická hudba. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní hudební vydavatelství, 1966, 97 pp. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings, drills, homeworks, group projects.
Assessment methods
Written test, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Ukončení formou zkoušky je určeno jednooborovým studentům.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2021.
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