Music for Dance in 20th and 21st Century 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
107KHXX1 credit 2 10 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 43 to 53 hours of self-study Czech winter

Subject guarantor

Name of lecturer(s)

Jiřina MAREŠOVÁ

Department

The subject provides Dance Department

Contents

Information on the combined form:

The course is taught in a combined form of contact and non-contact teaching in a ratio of about 1:4, i.e. 40 hours distance learning, 10 hours full-time per semester.

The content of the course Music for Dance of the 20th and 21st Centuries 1 is to provide basic information on the development of music of the 20th and 21st centuries, to gain a basic overview of the development and artistic tendencies of contemporary music, basic orientation in experimental musical forms and their use in other artistic genres.

The topics of the lectures cover the development of modern music in the world and help in the overall orientation of the issues. The focus of the interpretation is on figures of world importance in the 20th and 21st centuries who have made a significant impact on the development of culture and contemporary art, or who have worked more closely with figures in the field of dance. The knowledge acquired should be sufficient as a basic resource and inspiration for further development of knowledge in other subjects in the curriculum.

The topics of the first semester are:

  1. Basic trends and tendencies in 20th and 21st century music

 new compositional approaches - mutual inspiration of dance and music

 musical experimentation, the search for new sonorities

 overview of new compositional techniques: serial, timbre, aleatoric, minimalist, electroacoustic, electronic, ethnic, cross-over, etc.

 improvisation, alternative musical approaches

 overview of the main European centres of modern music

  1. Music of the first half of the 20th century, development of music between the world wars

 musical forms and new approaches to music accompanying dance art in the main European centres (in overview)

 Claude Debussy and his influence on musical development in Europe

 Eric Satie and his influence on emerging neoclassical compositional approaches, urban folklore as a thematic phenomenon

  1. Neoclassicism as a new compositional starting point

 The Paris Six (Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, etc.)

 Sergei Prokofiev

 Igor Stravinsky's influence on the further musical development of new music in Europe, seriality

 the importance of music associated with dance, rhythm and its significance in new composition

 Sergei Diaghilev and his key role in the development of neoclassical ballet

  1. The influence of jazz, folk music and urban folklore on interwar music

 Bohuslav Martinů, Béla Bartók, (folklorism - neofolklorism), Paul Hindemith

 transformations of compositional approaches, compositional work with themes and inspirations outside the realm of classical music

 transformation of compositional language within neoclassical forms

 microintervals as a starting point (A. Hába ad.)

  1. Dodecaphony as a new compositional approach, atonality

 Second Viennese School (A. Schönberg, A. Berg, A. Webern)

 followed by younger composers and their experimental compositional approaches (exoticism, meditation, total organization of musical material, etc.)

 mutual inspiration of dance and music and the centre of experimentation and artistic exploration - Darmstadt: P. Boulez - K. Sotckhausen - L. Nono, (Donaueschingen)

 Olivier Messiaen and his original compositional intentions, (working with mods - modality)

Aims of study

The student will become familiar with the basic developmental tendencies of contemporary music, and will acquire the ability to understand these developments in the context of the development of other artistic disciplines, especially dance.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes: after completing the course, the student is oriented in the overview of the development tendencies of contemporary music from the beginning of the 20th century to the present and is able to apply the knowledge to his/her own pedagogical and other artistic practice.

Prerequisites and other requirements

None.

Literature

Evaluation methods and criteria

Written test: success rate 70%

Other requirements: 80% attendance.

Note

The course combines monological, applied and interactive teaching methods, and encourages self-study and critical thinking.

Contact in distance form will be provided:

Independent work of the student within the contactless learning consists of:

The student is invited to attend and critically reflect on a live musical performance, ideally a dance production, that relates to the topics covered. The choice of performance or concert is thematically related to the material covered and recommendations are based on discussion with the instructor during lectures and consultations. The focus of the activity and reflection is a survey of currently active Czech and international authors.

Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:

Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
23.11.2024 Jiřina MAREŠOVÁ
lecture parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans