Wind/Brass Instruments Literature and History 2

Subject guarantor:

Lukáš MATOUŠEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Lukáš MATOUŠEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

This course covers the development of new-era literature for wind instruments. Aside from compositions for solo instruments and chamber compositions, attention is devoted to more significant use of wind instruments in orchestral, opera and oratory music. The course presents, in particular, Czech composers and composers around the world from the early Baroque to the present.

Mode of study:

Lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

This course briefly covers the history of concert, chamber and orchestral literature for wind instruments from when composers required the use of particular wind instruments, that is the turn of the Renaissance to the Baroque up to modernity. In the course Czech composers, in particular and world composers are presented. The coures covers in detail the relationship of individual instruments and their historical development and performance potential for literature for the given instrument in that period. Attention is devoted to the development of literature in relation to the historical context of the development of the chamber ensemble, the casting of wind instruments in the development of the orchestra from the early Baroque through the changes in Classicism, expansion in Romance to the present. Important circumstances in the development of wind literature is the influence of exceptional performers - instrumentalists who themselves initiated a number of compositions for their instrument

Recommended or required reading:

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. Exam.

Course web page:

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

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:

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• Obor Hoboj (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
• Obor Fagot (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
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