VHK_11a Musical Paleography I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Stanislav Tesař (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 21. 9. 13:00–14:40 N41, Fri 26. 10. 13:00–14:40 N41, Fri 23. 11. 13:00–14:40 N41, Fri 7. 12. 13:00–14:40 N41
Prerequisites
No prerequisities.
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
This course gives a basic orientation a basic orientation in historical, theoretical and practical problems of music notation as the main communication means in music. It deals also with the problems of identification of various kinds of notation and with the ways of their transcription in present music notation.
Syllabus
  • The subject of this course is made up by following five thematic spheres: 1) Basic terms and categories; 2) Writing and music - Letter notation systems; 3) Latin neums; 4) Nota choralis; 5) Mensural systems - Modal notation. Detailed syllabus and individual thematiac units and a list of corresponding literature is in IS MU (pleas see the Study materials of the subject VHK_11a).
Literature
    required literature
  • Vývoj európskeho notopisu. Edited by Richard Rybarič. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Opus, československé hudobné vydavateľstvo, 1982, 222 s. info
  • APEL, Willi. Die Notation der polyphonen Musik : 900-1600. Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel Musikverlag, 1962, 527 s. info
  • APEL, Willi. The notation of polyphonic music, 900-1600. 4th ed. Cambridge: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1953, xxv, 464. info
    recommended literature
  • STÄBLEIN, Bruno. Musikgeschichte in Bildern. 1.Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1975, 257 s. info
Teaching methods
Class (1,5 hours per month); within the class a combination of teacher-led activities and student-centered/ group learning activities will be employed.
Assessment methods
The course is ended by a credential interview, succes of which is based on: a) Reliable knowledge of problems of historical development of notation within the historical stages given by the syllabus and lectures; b) Reliable knowledge of principeles of the studied notation systems and their transcription. c) Reliable knowledge of basic literature on the subject.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Podmínkou udělení zápočtu je také vypracování všech úkolů v e-learningu (ELFu)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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