Orchestration II. 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
101INII1 credit 3 1 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 1 exercise hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 57 to 72 hours of self-study English, Czech winter

Subject guarantor

Slavomír HOŘÍNKA

Name of lecturer(s)

Zdeněk BARTOŠÍK, Slavomír HOŘÍNKA

Department

The subject provides Composition Department

Contents

Learning objectives:

This is a two-semester course that can be taken in the first or second year of study. The prerequisite is mastery of organology and advanced techniques of individual instruments, as well as the acoustic basics of orchestration.

The aim is to acquire new perspectives on orchestration as one component of complex compositional strategies. It is based on the understanding of orchestration as the art of manipulating space (whether real or virtual) through sound resonating in time. In addition, students are introduced to the use of technology to analyse sound and the application of its possibilities in musical composition.

Thematic areas:

1/ Music in space, space in music

2/ Topic according to the needs and focus of the students

Learning outcomes

The student is able to think about orchestration from different perspectives, and is able to work with the outer and inner space of a musical composition.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Knowledge at the level of the previous semester.

Literature

Required bibliography:

BRECH, Martha – PALAND, Ralph (eds.). Kompositionen für hörbaren Raum: Die frühe elektroakustische Musik und ihre Kontexte = Compositions for Audible Space: The Early Electroacoustic Music and its Contexts. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2015.

OPLIŠTILOVÁ, IVA. „Paradigm transformation“ [online]. Živá hudba 2016/7. Retrieved at: <https://ziva-hudba.info/paradigm-transformation/> [2021-12-13].

HOŘÍNKA, Slavomír. „Changing the Scale of Perception: A Composer’s View on Spatial Composition Strategies and the Spiritual Aspect of Music“ In: Ivan Moody (ed.). Enlightenment & Illumination: Essays on Sacred Music East and West. Univerzita Karlova — Pedagogická fakulta, 2020, s. 221-243.

Scores of analysed works

Recommended bibliography:

ADLER, Samuel. The Study of Orchestration. New York: Norton, 1989.

AUGOYARD, Jean-François – TORGUE, Henry. Sonic Experience: a Guide to Everyday Sounds. Montreal: McGill-Queens universiry Press, 2011.

DEL MAR, Norman. Anatomy of the Orchestra. London: Faber and Faber, 2009.

GIESELER, Walter – LOMBARDI, Luca – WEYER, Rolf-Dieter. Instrumentation in der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts. Celle: Moeck, 1985.

RASMUSSEN, Karl Aage - LAURSEN, Lasse. The Idiomatic Orchestra [online]. 2015. [cit. 2017-10-28]. Dostupné z: http://theidiomaticorchestra.net.

SCIARRINO, Salvatore. Le figure della musica: da Beethoven a oggi. Milano: Ricordi, 1998.

Evaluation methods and criteria

During the semester, the student will produce the required number of short studies on each topic. Their submission and a minimum of 70% attendance is a condition for the award of credit. Verification of the achieved knowledge takes place orally in the form of analysis of selected scores in terms of orchestration and joint discussion concerning the material.

Course web page

http://katedraskladby.hamu.cz/

Note

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Further information

Course may be repeated

Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:

06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
room 2016
Učebna
(Liechtenstein Palace)
HOŘÍNKA S.
15:30–17:00
(parallel1)
Wed
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Tue 15:30–17:00 Slavomír HOŘÍNKA Učebna
Liechtenstein Palace		 parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans