Music in Theatre Performance - Course 1

Tutor:

Jan BURIAN, Vladimír FRANZ

Synopsis:

The course examines the relation of music and drama, their interaction and questions of the construction and mutual shaping of both components. It tries to identify not only the points shared in common, but also the differences and specific features in individual models for musical dramatic thinking on the basis of historical development, and subsequently to apply this knowledge in practice. The second stage is in the form of individual consultations seeking solutions arising from specific assignments.

Prerequisites:

Study Objectives:

Introduces students to the problems of creating and realizing the musical component of an artwork and teaches them to work independently in dramaturgy and directing when handling a specific production.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum and syllabus:

Instruction takes place in the form of individual consultations of students who have the task of creating the dramaturgy, directing and realizing the musical component for specific artistic tasks:

For directors and literary advisors:

1)identifying the principles and functions of music in a production;

2)choosing the most appropriate means;

3)building a musical arch as simultaneous dramaturgy;

4)realization:

a/work with instrumentalists

b/work in the studio

c/ distribution of music in the production

d/technical problems of music in a production

For composers:

1)finding and laying out the key dramatic points in a composition;

2)methods of their contextualization;

3)manipulating their meanings;

For filmmakers

1)finding the delicate balance between the optical character of music and film;

2)finding the dynamics, flow and level of diverting attention in relation to music and sound;

3)methods of sound for the entire depicted space and movement of an audio picture;

Study materials:

G.Černušák: Dějiny evropské hudby

J.Smolka: Skladatelé českého baroka a klasicismu

V.Štěpánek: Francouzská moderní hudba

Branberger: Opera

Očadlík, Hostomská: Opera

J.Trojan: Dějiny opery

J,.Smolka Česká kantáta a oratoritum

Očadlík: Svět orchestu I.-II.

M.Schnierer: Svět orchestu dvatátého století I.-III.

J.Havlík: Česká symfonie po r. 1945

R.Craft: Rozhovory s I.Stravinskym

A.Honneger: Zaříkání zkamanělin, Jsem skladatel

E.Hanslick: O hudebním krásnu, Kritiky.

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský režie ČD (compulsory subject)