Music Direction 4

Subject guarantor:

Sylva STEJSKALOVÁ, Jaroslav RYBÁŘ

Name of lecturer(s):

Sylva STEJSKALOVÁ, Jaroslav RYBÁŘ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. Further develop skills in recognizing and judging artistic quality of music performance.

2. Further develop skills in recognizing sound and artisitic quality of a music recording.

3. To expand knowledge of music literature in releation to the characteristic markings of historical styles and styles of individual composers.

4. To introduce students to the development and basic technical principles of sound recording.

5. Gradual introduction to the whole process of making a music recording, its processing and final modifications from a music director's perspective.

Mode of study:

Presentation regarding issues in sound recording and the work of the music director.

Listening to recordings, analysis of musical performance and recording sound treatment. Comparison of various interpretations and discussions about them.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Listening ability. Extensive knowledge of music theory (harmony, counterpoint, music form, instrument study). Ability to analyse a work of music. Presumed knowledge of the content from the previous year of study.

Recommended optional programme components:

Copious amonts of attendance at concert productions, opera performances accompanied by critique and analytical perception. Listenings to as many possible recordings in an effort to create one's analytical and critical approach.

Course contents:

Lecture section

1/ Technical aspects of recording

2/ Microphone - its potential and limits

3/ Monophonics, stereophonics and multi-channel technology

Class section

1. Interpretation analysis of important recordings, analysis of their sound concept (character of acoustics of a space, measure of reverb, manners of recording, presence or absence, etc.) Discussion.

2. Comparison of various recordings of the same music, interpretation analysis and sound concept recordings. Discussion.

Recommended or required reading:

Music recordings (CD, DVD,LP, cassette).

1. Key recordings of Czech chamber, symphonic and opera music (ex. Smetana: Má vlast - Talich, Ančerl, Neumann, Smetáček, Bělohlávek, Kubelík, etc.)

2. Important recordings of world music (ex.. historically scholarly recordings of J.E. Gardiner - Mozart: Koncerty pro klavír, Beethoven: Symfonie etc.).

Accompanying notation material

Texts:

Jaroslav Rybář: Hudební režie

Instruction texts dealing with issues in recording classical music and music direction. (This text does not currently have the official textbook form for the Music Direction course)

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Publications:

Václav Syrový: Akustika

Václav Vlachý: Praxe zvukové techniky

Ladislav Šíp: Nahrávání a reprodukovaná hudba

Ladislav Šíp: Pěvci před mikrofonem

Václav Zamazal: Hudební nástroje před mikrofonem

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

lecture, classes

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on these criteria:

1. Overall participation in class discussions

2. A completed semester course paper (comparison of a recording from the viewpoint of performance and the sound concept - comparing at least three different recordings) and the presentation of this in class.

3. A written complete review of at least two concerts or opera performances attended.

4. Sitting of the oral year's exam over the course lectures.

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 Hudební režie (Bc) (compulsory subject of the main qualification)