HV_633 History of Rock music

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Pašek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The popularization cycle of lectures deals with the phenomenon of rock music in its historical breadth, both from a global (mainly Anglo-American) point of view and its specific development in Czechoslovakia.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lecture series focuses on the development of rock music from the 1950s to the present. The main point is the differentiation of individual styles and genres and the developmental connections between them.
Learning outcomes
376 / 5 000 After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important features of the main styles and genres of world and Czechoslovak rock music;
- put rock music in wider cultural and social contexts;
- have an overview of the basic representatives of rock music and the developmentally essential albums;
- classify the musical samples heard by time and genre.
Syllabus
  • 1+2. The beginnings of rock music in the 1950s and 1960s: origins, formation, Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, British Invasion, Folk Rock, Protest Song, Hippies, Woodstock.
  • 3+4. Hard & heavy 70s and 80s: hard rock, theatrical rock, glam rock, progressive rock, heavy metal.
  • 5+6. Punk and New Wave: American and British Punk, New Wave, Synth-Rock, Eastern Bloc Rock.
  • 7+8. 80s and beyond: Arena Rock, Grunge, Alternative Rock, Progressive Metal, Nu Metal, Pop-punk.
  • 9+10. Czechoslovak scene I.: the beginnings of Big Beat, festivals in the 60s, Jazz Rock, Dance Rock, Bubblegum, Underground.
  • 11+12. Czechoslovak scene II.: Punk, New Wave, Blues Rock, new possibilities in the 90s.
  • 13+14. Revision
Literature
  • MATZNER, Antonín. Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby. 2, Část jmenná : československá scéna. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1990, 649 s., [4. info
  • MATZNER, Antonín. Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby. 2, Část jmenná : světová scéna : L-Ž. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1987, 537 s., [4. info
  • MATZNER, Antonín. Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby. 2, Část jmenná : světová scéna : A-K. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1986, 558 s., [4. info
  • MATZNER, Antonín, Ivan POLEDŇÁK and Igor WASSERBERGER. Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1983, 415 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures with audio-visual examples.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
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