History and Theory of Music 3

Subject guarantor:

Jiřina DVOŘÁKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Jiřina DVOŘÁKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The study aim is to a) acquire a comprehensive and contiual overview of individual eras in the development of music history, b) knowledge of the biography of some selected figures and works by composers and c) an idea of the formal forms hidden under the names of some music compositions, and possibly what style eras they largely belong to.

Mode of study:

Lecture, sample analysis from selected media recordings (CD, DVD, etc,) sending study texts to individual students.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of DTH 1 and DTH 2.

Recommended optional programme components:

Development of an autobiography of a selected composer. Monitor of music events and operations at AMU and public music events.

Course contents:

The dance arts are directly connected to music. Particularly at the levels of tempo, rhythm and links to melodic and other music fabric (phrasing, expression, harmony, etc.). The course explains the historical journey of music and its selected figures in relation to the instruction of technique and theory expressed by music and its indispensable historical phases with an emphasis on the currently used tools.

1. Classical Music

2. Music of the Pre-Romance and Early Romance:

a). C.P.E. Bach, C. M. Weber, F. Schubert, N. Paganini

b) F. Chopin, R. Schumann, J. Strauss, senior, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, etc.

3. The blossoming of the bel canta (Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini)

4. Music of the New Romance (partial) - Hector Berlioz, F. Liszt.

Recommended or required reading:

SMOLKA, Jaroslav a kolektiv: Dějiny hudby, TOGGA 2001

BURNEY, Charles: Hudební cestopis 18. věku, Praha 1966

EINSTEIN, Alfred: Hudba v období romantizmu, Bratislava 1989

OČADLÍK, Miroslav: Svět orchestru, 1. díl, Klasikové a romantikové, 2. díl, Čeští klasikové, Praha 1952, 1953

TROJAN, Jan: Dějiny opery, Praha ? Litomyšl 2001

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on: an oral exam which comprises a) knowledge of the biography and works of at least two significant composers from the given list, b) a survey of the material covered according to assigned study texts, c) one component test during the semester.

Course web page:

Note:

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Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
Thu	místnost H2025 Učebna KT 2025 (Hartigovský palác) DVOŘÁKOVÁ J. 09:00–10:30 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	09:00–10:30	DVOŘÁKOVÁ J.	Učebna KT 2025 Hartigovský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Pedagogika tance (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
• Obor Choreografie (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
• Obor Taneční věda (Bc) (next compulsory subject)