ASH17 Tempo, ornaments, figuration

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Robert Hugo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Michaela Ratolístková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Robert Hugo, Ph.D.
Academy of Ancient Music – Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Ratolístková
Supplier department: Academy of Ancient Music – 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
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: acquainting students with fundamental issues of particular musical forms of early music with special emphasis on tempo, ornamentation etc.
Learning outcomes
Student is able to apply interpretation examples (tempo, ornamentation, figures) of music of 17th and 18th century.
Syllabus
  • 1) musical forms
  • 2) period reflections on interpretation
  • 3) ornamentation
  • 4) metrum and tempo issues
Literature
  • BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel. Úvaha o správném způsobu hry na klavír. Translated by Vratislav Bělský. Brno: Paido, 2002, 390 s. ISBN 8073150255. info
  • HILLER, Johann Adam. Treatise on vocal performance and ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller. Edited by Suzanne J. Beicken. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, ix, 199. ISBN 0521353548. info
  • QUANTZ, Johann Joachim. Versuch einer Anweisung, die Flöte traversiere zu spielen. Gemeinschaftliche Ausg. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1992, x, 424 s. ISBN 3-423-04900-6. info
  • QUANTZ, Johann Joachim. Pokus o návod jak hrát na příčnou flétnu. Překl. V. Bělský. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1990. ISBN 80-7058-187-5. info
  • NEUMANN, Frederick. Ornamentation in baroque and post-baroque music : with special emphasis on J.S. Bach. 1st Princeton pbk. print. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983, xiv, 630. ISBN 0691027072. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, analyses, class discussion
Assessment methods
1. essay (9.000 characters) 50% of the final mark
2. written test, 50% of the final mark
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWoQ_Z2-dWRm1HmFM7KA68y24z3J7Noxa&feature=shared
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 4 x za semestr.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin přednášek.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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