Bass 8

Subject guarantor:

Vojtěch SPURNÝ

Name of lecturer(s):

Vojtěch SPURNÝ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim is to teach students to independently perform figured and non-figured bass music of the 17th and 18th centuries including polyphonic compositions and partiments.

Mode of study:

Instruction

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Performance of compositions in instruction classes and in concert.

Recommended optional programme components:

None

Course contents:

Higher level skills in playing basso-continuo, Partimenta playing (basso-continuo without a solo line). Performance of polyphonic basso-continuo compositions.

Recommended or required reading:

Partimenta by J.S. Bacha, B. Pasquini and others

Fuque exercises by G. F. Handel

All types of Basso-continuo literature of the Baroque

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria:

Participation in lectures and instruction.

Course web page:

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 Cembalo (Mg) (next compulsory subject)