Wind/Brass Instruments Literature and History 1

Course unit code:

106DLD1

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

1/T

Type of course unit:

Study plan Obor Flétna (Bc) – compulsory subject
Study plan Obor Klarinet (Bc) – compulsory subject
Study plan Obor Hoboj (Bc) – compulsory subject
Study plan Obor Fagot (Bc) – compulsory subject
Study plan Obor Lesní roh (Bc) – compulsory subject
Study plan Obor Trubka (Bc) – compulsory subject
Study plan Obor Pozoun (Bc) – compulsory subject
Study plan Obor Tuba (Bc) – compulsory subject
Study plan Obor Saxofon-jazz (Bc) – compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

bakalářský

Year of study

Study plan Obor Flétna (Bc) – 2nd year
Study plan Obor Klarinet (Bc) – 2nd year
Study plan Obor Hoboj (Bc) – 2nd year
Study plan Obor Fagot (Bc) – 2nd year
Study plan Obor Lesní roh (Bc) – 2nd year
Study plan Obor Trubka (Bc) – 2nd year
Study plan Obor Pozoun (Bc) – 2nd year
Study plan Obor Tuba (Bc) – 2nd year
Study plan Obor Saxofon-jazz (Bc) – 2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Lukáš MATOUŠEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Lukáš MATOUŠEK

Study Objectives:

Předmět se zabývá historií vzniku a konstrukčním zdokonalováním všech dechových nástrojů. Přibližuje od pravěku, starověku, středověku a novověku vývoj flétny, hoboje, klarinetu, saxofonu,fagotu, lesního rohu, trubky, pozounu a tuby.

Mode of delivery:

Lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

This course covers the history of the rise and construction development of all wind instruments. Almost from prehistory, antiquity, middle ages and modern, the development of the flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trumbone, and tuba.

Students are introduced to basic acoustics and issues of non-uniform and uniform (tempered) tuning, the development of pitch tuning and the acoustics of wind instruments.

The history of wind instruments is dealt with from the oldest known information, through the development of individual marginal types of wind instruments, reed and lip instruments from antiquity to the present. Attention is devoted to the precursors of common modern used instruments and their related instruments as well as instruments no longer used which in education and performance are again being used.

Study materials:

Fundamental literature:

Jiří Kratochvíl: Dějiny a literatura dechových nástrojů

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

None

Assessment methods and criteria

Knowledge of the material covered. credit

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

No internship established for this course.

Course web page:

http://www.hamu.cz/katedry/katedra-dechovych-nastroju

Note:

None

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Obor Flétna (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
Obor Klarinet (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
Obor Hoboj (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
Obor Fagot (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
Obor Lesní roh (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
Obor Trubka (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
Obor Pozoun (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
Obor Tuba (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
Obor Saxofon-jazz (Bc) (next compulsory subject)