CZS33 Music in the Czech Lands

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Dr. Geoffrey Chew (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Špaček (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Thomas Donaldson Sparling, B.A.
Pan-university studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Martin Vašek
Timetable
Mon 15. 9. to Fri 12. 12. Wed 18:20–19:55 A33 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 33 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/33, only registered: 0/33
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Music has played a uniquely important role in the history of the Czech lands, and this course is designed to explain why this is so by following the development of music here from the Middle Ages down to the end of the twentieth century.
Syllabus
  • 1. Czech history 2. Folk music in Bohemia and Moravia I 3. Folk music in Bohemia and Moravia II 4. Early music: from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era 5. The Classical era 6. The Czech lands 1800-1860 7. Bedrich Smetana 8. Antonin Dvorak 9. The generation of the 1890s 10. German musical life in Prague about 1900 11. Leos Janacek 12. Between the Wars: New Music in Czechoslovakia 13. After 1945
Literature
  • TYRRELL, John. Janáček's operas : a documentary account. London: Faber and Faber, 1992, xxv, 405. ISBN 0571151299. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
lectures, an essay
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.rect.muni.cz/ois/students/special_programs%2C_individual_courses/cesp
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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