Organ Literature and History 1

Subject guarantor:

Jan HORA

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan HORA, Josef POPELKA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Acquisition of a basic overview of development of the organ from antiquity to modern times and a tracing of all the important development periods of organ music from the Middle-ages to the works of contemporary composers.

Mode of study:

contact instruction

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components:

none

Course contents:

This course follows the development of the organ from antiquity through the Middle Ages, Gothic and Renaissance periods. It continues to follow the development of the instrument in individual areas (Italy, Southern Germany, Northern, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, France and Bohemia).

Recommended or required reading:

F.Klinda: Organ v kultúre dvoch tisícročí, Bratislava 2000

M.Šlechta: Dějiny varhan a varhanní hudby, Praha 1985

V.Němec: Pražské varhany, 1944

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria:

Activity in the lectures.

Course web page:

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Varhany (Bc) (next compulsory subject)