Historical Study Composition 1

Subject guarantor:

Hanuš BARTOŇ, Juraj FILAS

Name of lecturer(s):

Hanuš BARTOŇ, Juraj FILAS, Slavomír HOŘÍNKA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To increase the composition technique level of the student in historical techniques and styles as a necessary equipping of a composer and, of course, part of the education in composition study.

Mode of study:

exercises 1 hour per week.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Knowledge of harmony and countepoint at the conservatory level.

Recommended optional programme components:

Independent study of corresponding music literature, listening experience and auditory analysis.

Course contents:

a) mastering technique and form of vocal counterpoint to the motet - madrigal level

b) mastering technique and form of instrumental counterpoint and form of Baroque music (fuge, suite, aria, prelude)

c) mastering technique and form in classicsm (ex. minuet, sonata)

d) study of other styles (ex. Romatic, Medieval forms and techniques)

Recommended or required reading:

Fux, Johann Joseph: Die Lehre vom Kontrapunkt (Gradus ad Parnassum, 2. kniha, 1.-3. cvičení). Hermann Molck Verlag, Celle 1938.

Janeček, Karel: Skladatelská práce v oblasti klasické harmonie. Academia, Praha 1973.

Jeppesen, Knud: Kontrapunkt. Breitkopf u. Härtel, Leipzig 1956.

Hůla, Zdeněk: Nauka o kontrapunktu I. Vokální polyfonie. SNKLHU, Praha 1958, II. Instrumentální polyfonie. SHV Praha 1965.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

none

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit - Style purity and technical composition level of the developed study and, futher, systematic work is assessed.

Course web page:

http://katedraskladby.hamu.cz/

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Skladba (Bc) (next compulsory subject)