Music for Dance in 20th and 21st Centuries 1

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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.

Thematic areas:

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

• New compositional approaches - mutual inspiration of dance and music
• musical experimentation, 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

• political and social influence on the development of musical art
• 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 importance 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
• changes in compositional approaches, compositional work with themes and inspirations outside the field 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)
• the younger composers and their experimental compositional approaches (exoticism, meditation, total organisation of musical material, etc.)
• the 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, (work with mods - modality)

Learning outcomes

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

After completing the course, the student will have an overview of the developmental tendencies of contemporary music from the beginning of the 20th century to the present and will be able to apply the knowledge to his/her own pedagogical and other artistic practice.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

Required reading:

TARUSKIN, Richard. The Oxford history of western music. Volume 4. The Early twentieth century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-522273-3.

TARUSKIN, Richard. The Oxford history of western music. Volume 5. The Late twentieth century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-522274-1.

Recommended readign:

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

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

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.cz/amu

Evaluation methods and criteria

Written test: success rate 70%

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)