History and Theory of Music 1

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The content of the course History and Theory of Music 1 is to provide basic information in the field of music theory and orientation in musical scores, to gain a basic overview of the development and artistic tendencies of European music, musical forms and their use in other artistic genres.

The topics of the lectures cover the development of music in different European regions and help in the overall orientation of the subject. The focus of the interpretation is on the European areas where we notice a stronger preference for dance art. The knowledge gained should be sufficient as a basic resource and inspiration for further development of knowledge in other subjects of the curriculum.

Thematic areas:

1. Introduction to the study of the history of music, overview of the basic musical building blocks

• melody, harmony, rhythm and basic musical forms and their forms
• overview of forms of musical notation - basic principles of musical composition notation, tectonic structure of a musical work
• how to read musical notation - basic orientation in musical scores, working with heard music and the corresponding score

1. Beginnings of music history, prehistory, antiquity

• musical forms accompanying the art of dance (Dionysia - the concept of ecstasy)
• the earliest musical monuments (Seikil's song)
• the role of music in the ancient theatre
• the relationship between movement and music in ancient theatre - the future philosophical and tectonic basis of Baroque opera
• the development of notation - the earliest forms

1. Music of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance (10th - early 16th century)

• basic form and development of musical forms accompanying dance: e.g. passomezzo, saltarello - pavane, gagliarda, tourdion, gigue, courante, etc.
• outline of the different developments of sacred and secular music related to dance (ars antiqua - ars nova)
• the situation in our territory in comparison with European developments (Kryštof Harant of Polžice, etc.), the accompanying musical instruments used
• the differences in the development of music in the various European regions with their main creators (G. Pierluigi da Palestrina, O. Lasso, etc.)

1. Music of the Baroque period - basic attributes of Baroque music and their developmental differences

• European centres and their representatives during the 16th-18th centuries
• the development of Baroque musical forms in the early, high and late Baroque periods
• differences in the characteristics and development of music for dance in different European regions (Italy, France, German regions, the situation in Bohemia and Moravia)
• the development of dance forms (Baroque suite, la Follia, etc.) and the contribution of Louis XIV. To the development of music in this period - (development of ballet)

1. The development of opera and theatrical genres in relation to the art of dance

• (from Cl. Monteverdi to the operatic reforms of Ch. W. Gluck and his contemporaries)
• Developmental approaches to music in German, French and Italian music (16th-18th centuries)
• mutual influences and confrontations, main representatives (A. E. M. Grétry, J. A. Hasse, etc.)
• the art of ballet and its role in opera performances

1. Music of the second half of the 18th century - music of the Rococo and Classical periods

• the position of music associated with the art of dance in the European centres of the time (Vienna, Paris, etc.)
• the fundamental shift in the development of musical forms - the birth of new approaches
• The 'Viennese School' (Haydn - Mozart - Beethoven) and their relationship to the art of dance

Learning outcomes

The student will not only get an overview of the basic developmental tendencies of European music, but it will enable them to understand these developmental tendencies in the context of the development of other artistic disciplines, especially dance.

After completing the course, the student will be oriented in an overview of the history of music from the beginning of the 20th century to the beginning of the 20th century and will be able to apply the knowledge to their own pedagogical and other artistic practice.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

Required reading:

GROUT, Donald Jay. A History of Western Music. London, New York: Norton, 1996. ISBN 0-393-96958-4.

BENNET, Roy. History of music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1992. ISBN 0-521-33681-3.

Recommended reading:

HRČKOVÁ, Naďa a kol. Dějiny hudby I. - IV. Praha: Ikar, 2007. ISBN 978-80-249-0978-3.

SMOLKA, Jaroslav. Dějiny hudby. Praha: Togga, 2001. ISBN 80-902912-0-1.

Audio and video recordings and other study aids will be provided to teachers during lectures and tutorials.

Overview materials will be available in the school e-learning course: www.moodle.amu.cz

Evaluation methods and criteria

written test success rate min. 70%.

Other requirements: activity in class, working on sub-tasks.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Classical Ballet Technique - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Modern and Contemporary Dance - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Folk Dance - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)