Theory and History of Music for Pantomime 2

Subject guarantor:

Vlastislav MATOUŠEK, David BIDLO

Name of lecturer(s):

Vlastislav MATOUŠEK, David BIDLO

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The study aim is to acquire a comprehensive and continual overview of individual eras in the history of music, a knowledge of biographies and works of composers and an idea of the formal form hidden under many musical composition terms

Mode of study:

Instructor presentation, listening to core examples

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements.

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

Students are introduced to the development of European music from the Renaissance to Classical.

1) Renaissance: a) Five generation Franko-Walloon polyphonic schools

b) Palestrina, Lasso

2) The Baroque: a) opera

b) instrumental music

c) Monteverdi

d) The French style

e) Bach, Haendel

3) Classicism: a) early Classicism

b) high Classicisim (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven)

Recommended or required reading:

Gerald Abraham: Stručné dejiny hudby, Hudobné centrum Bratislava 2003

Václav Holzknecht: Kniha o hudbě, Orbis Praha 1964

Naďa Hrčková : Dějiny hudby II, Ikar Praha 2005

Miloš Navrátil: Dějiny hudby, Votobia Praha 2003

Michels Ulrich: Encyklopedický atlas hudby, NLN 2000

Bohuslav Vítek: Přehled dějin hudby (Faktografický souhrn), 1994

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on: attendance at exercises and in classes, presentation of the semester paper.

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 Pantomima (Bc) (next compulsory subject)