CORE010 Music in Postmodern Society

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marek Sedláček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Musil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Richter (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Judita Kučerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. BcA. Bc. Lenka Kučerová, DiS., Ph.D. et Ph.D., MBA, LL.M. (lecturer)
MgA. Eduard Tomaštík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Marek Sedláček, Ph.D.
Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:50 učebna 20, except Wed 26. 10.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 9/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
Course objectives
The one-semester course will focus on current issues of music culture in contemporary society with a link to the historical and social context. It offers an insight into the relationship between classical and popular music with an emphasis on aesthetic and axiological aspects, issues of musical interpretation and musical reception. Attention will also be paid to music in relation to new media and mass culture.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student:
– will be able to orientate in the issues of contemporary music production with emphasis on its historical development
— will demonstrate his/her ability to understand the semantic characteristics of a musical work
- will be acquainted with the current musical preferences of his/her peers
- will be capable of critical thinking and value orientation in the field of mass music culture
Syllabus
  • 1. The relationship between musical postmodernism and the avant-garde – contexts of history and the present
  • 2. Musical preferences of university youth in the light of sociological research
  • 3. The relationship of classical, jazz, popular and folk music – to the overlaps of musical styles and genres
  • 4. Blues as a basic mode of modern popular music
  • 5. Folklore inspiration in Czech classical music
  • 6. Music and performer – to interpretive approaches to music of older stylistic periods
  • 7. Meaningful aspects of music as a starting point for musical understanding or Let's not be afraid of semiotics
  • 8. Music and kitsch – about the boundaries of taste
  • 9. Film music and soundtrack – phenomena of today
  • 10. Commercial use of music or Music in advertising
  • 11. Music and media – technology of sound recording and its reproduction
  • 12. Humor in music as one of the expressive means of postmodernism
Literature
    recommended literature
  • RAFAJOVÁ, Andrea. Zvuky v reklamě. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7380-673-6.
  • COOKE, Mervyn. Kronika jazzu. Translated by Kateřina Jirčíková. Vydání první. Praha: Knižní klub, 2016, 272 stran. ISBN 9788024250304. info
  • BAČUVČÍK, Radim. Hudba v reklamě a dalších oblastech marketingové komunikace. 1. vyd. Zlín: Radim Bačuvčík - VeRBuM, 2014, 220 s. ISBN 9788087500514. info
  • COOKE, Mervyn. Dějiny filmové hudby. Translated by David Petrů. 1. vyd. Praha: Casablanca, 2011, 567 s. ISBN 9788087292143. info
  • LEXMANN, Juraj. Teória filmovej hudby. Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2006, 182 s. ISBN 8089135064. info
  • Slovník české hudební kultury. Edited by Jiří Fukač - Jiří Vysloužil - Petr Macek. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1997, 1035 s. ISBN 80-7058-462-9. info
  • KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a kýč. Praha: Torst, 1994, 183 s. ISBN 8085639173. info
  • MATZNER, Antonín, Ivan POLEDŇÁK and Igor WASSERBERGER. Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1983, 415 s. URL info
  • HERZFELD, Friedrich. Musica nova. Translated by Bohumil Černík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1966, 466 s. URL info
  • JANÁČEK, Leoš. O lidové písni a lidové hudbě : dokumenty a studie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1955, 661 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture, theoretical training, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Colloquium, verification of acquired knowledge in the form of a test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: dle kapacity posluchárny
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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