TIM_B_036 Liberation of Sound from Bounds of Music

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Viktor Pantůček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Viktor Pantůček, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Basic orientation in 20th century art.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Studens will be acquainted to the leading names in music and art who contributed to establishing the sound as an autonomous artistic expression. Audio and video examples will be included.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn to listen to sound art.
Students will learn how to recognize individual works.
Students will be able to understand the transformation of musical art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Students are able to classify individual works into epochs.
Syllabus
  • New Music and New Art
  • Futurism and Music
  • Dada and Music
  • Musique Concrete
  • Electronic Music
  • John Cage
  • Fluxus
  • Sound Art
  • Free Jazz
  • Gramophone Today
Literature
  • LICHT, Alan. Sound art : beyond music, between categories. Edited by Jim O´Rourke. 1st pub. New York: Rizzoli, 2007, 303 s. ISBN 9780847829699. info
  • KOSTELANETZ, Richard. Conversing with Cage. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2003, x, 332. ISBN 0415937922. info
  • Resonances :aspects of sound art. Edited by Berndt Schulz. Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2002, 174 s. ISBN 3933257867. info
  • NYMAN, Michael. Experimental music : Cage and beyond. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xx, 196. ISBN 0521653835. info
  • Fluxus virus, 1962-1992. Edited by Christel Schüppenhauer. Köln: Galerie Schüppenhauer, 1992, 399 s. ISBN 3926226285. info
  • HERZOGENRATH, Wulf. Nam June Paik : Fluxus, Video. München: Silke Schreiber, 1983, 111 s. ISBN 3889600042. info
  • CHARLES, Daniel. John Cage oder die Musik ist los. Translated by Eberhard Kienle. Berlin: Merve Verlag, 1979, 160 s. ISBN 3883960063. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Lecture.
2/0, colloquium
active participation in discussions and in the final competition
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/enrol.php?id=2407
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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