HV_613 Pavel Haas. Life and Work

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Study of musicology and orientation in musical trends and styles of the 20th century.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on the history of Czech and European music in the first half of the 20th century.
Learning outcomes
After completing the subject, the student will be better oriented in the situation of Czech music in the first half of the 20th century. It also clarifies the situation among the composers who belong to the generation of interwar new music. Questions of musical style and aesthetic orientation of composers and audiences will also be discussed.
Syllabus
  • Pavel Haas as a subject of musicological research.
  • Musical culture in Brno (1870-1945); musical societies.
  • Pavel Haas: first compositional attempts.
  • Janáček School.
  • Club of Moravian Composers.
  • Pavel Haas: compositions up to 1939.
  • Music during the Second World War as a subject of musicological research.
  • Culture of the Ghetto Theresienstadt.
  • Pavel Haas and his musical work in Terezín.
Literature
    required literature
  • ČURDA, Martin. The music of Pavel Haas : analytical and hermeneutical studies. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020, xiii, 267. ISBN 9781138360013. info
  • PEDUZZI, Lubomír. Pavel Haas : život a dílo skladatele. Vydání první. Brno: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost v Brně, 1993, 175 stran. ISBN 8085048418. info
    recommended literature
  • SPURNÝ, Lubomír and Ondřej PIVODA. Pavel Haas : A Catalogue of the Music and Writings. 1st ed. Praha: Bärenreiter Prague, 2022, 235 pp. ISBN 978-80-86385-42-6. URL info
  • PIVODA, Ondřej. Čemu se naučil Pavel Haas v mistrovské třídě Leoše Janáčka (Pavel Haas and His Training in the Master Class of Leoš Janáček). In Steinmetz, Karel; Kozel, David a kol. Janáčkiana 2018 : Sborník z 34. ročníku mezinárodní muzikologické konference Janáčkiana 2018, konané v Ostravě ve dnech 31. května a 1. června 2018. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2019, p. 65-70. ISBN 978-80-7599-090-7. URL info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
oral exam, final (group) project
Náhradní absolvování
In the case of a study abroad it is possible to take the course in an alternative form. After returning from the trip, it is possible to write a final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1421/jaro2025/HV_613/
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/sites/default/files/pdf/141909.pdf https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/sites/default/files/pdf/134697.pdf https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/sites/default/files/pdf/134697.pdf
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