US_71 Piano and Jazz from Ragtime to Free

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Jan Dalecký (lecturer), PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Timetable
Wed 8:20–9:55 J21
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Purpose – to help to understand the evolution of that instrument during the whole 20th century, its importance as a solo voice, its accompanying possibilities in early jazz bands, with singers, and leading role in the trio format with bass and guitar or drums, as well as a necessary aid for pianists-composers
Syllabus
  • ragtime, stride piano, boogie woogie, swing, bebop, cool jazz, east coast jazz, west coast jazz, free jazz, bossa nova, jazz-rock, fusion music
Literature
  • The New Encyclopedia of Jazz Leonard Feather: Horizon Press, New York 1960
  • They All Played Ragtime Rudi Blesh, Harriet Janis Grove Press, Inc. New York 1950, 1959
  • The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950 Roger D. Kinkle Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle, N.Y. 1974, 1996
  • Piano v jazzu Milan Šolc, Jiří Verberger Státní hudební vydavatelství Praha 1966
  • Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby Antonín Matzner, Ivan Poledňák, Igor Wasserberger a kolektiv Editio Supraphon Praha 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990
Teaching methods
lives and artistic outcomes of every important piano player, their styles, compositions, influence on the younger players (spoken in Czech); great historical recordings, typical for every chapter of jazz history (by listening CDs)
Assessment methods
written test with approximately 10 questions
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2012.
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