VH_95b Seminar "Musical Aesthetics and Theory" II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Timetable
Thu 8:20–9:55 J22
Prerequisites
VH_01a Introduction to Musicology && VH_01b Historiography of Music && VH_02a Proseminar I && VH_02b Proseminar II && VH_03a Music History I && VH_03b Music History II && VH_04 Elements of Music Theory &&(( VH_05 Harmony ) || ( VH_05a Harmony I. && VH_05b Harmony II. ))&& VH_07 Acoustics of Music && VH_08 Intonation && VH_09 Audial Analysis
The aesthetics of music of 20th century.
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar offers the opportunity to deal with historical and methodological problems of music aesthetics, semiotics and theory of communication and to explore the processes of music production, interpretation and reception from the viewpoint of the mentioned musicological branches. The individual research work of the students can be also oriented towards semantic analysis of singular music compositions, research of interactions between music and the other kinds of art and semantic analysis and/or hermeneutics of verbal texts concerning music. Furthermore it is possible to elaborate in the framework of this seminar essays dealing with the history of musicological thought the orientation of which tends to aesthetics and semiotics.
Syllabus
  • Students will choose one of those topics and workshops will be kept to report the results of studies. Seminar exercises are related to he following topics: he relationship between music theory and aesthetics.
  • Funktionstheorie and Stufenlehre (Hugo Riemann and Simon Sechter)
  • schenkerian theory
Literature
  • CAPLIN, William Earl. Classical form : a theory of formal functions for the instrumental music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, xii, 307. ISBN 9780195143997. info
  • SCRUTON, Roger. The aesthetics of music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, xx, 530. ISBN 9780198167273. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Základy hudební sémiotiky. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 303 s. ISBN 8021005661. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Základy hudební sémiotiky. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 233 s. ISBN 8021003731. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Základy hudební sémiotiky. D. 3. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1992. ISBN 80-210-0567-X. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Pojmosloví hudební komunikace. Vyd. 1. Brno: Rektorát Masarykovy univerzity, 1991, 114 s. ISBN 80-210-0245-X. info
  • DAHLHAUS, Carl. Analysis and value judgment. Translated by Siegmund Levarie. New York: Pendragon, 1983, viii, 87. ISBN 9781576471494. info
Teaching methods
seminars, readings
Assessment methods
seminar task; presentation (80% attendance)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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