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Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Vladimír FRANZ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Overall cultivated education and bearing in historical contexts,

Clear distinguishing of individual forms and manners of drama-music considerations.

Refining the sense of tempo, rhythm and improving the quality of the perception of music

Applying acquired knowledge in practice.

Mode of study:

Contact, attended course

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Knowledge of European cultural history and awareness of contexts. Ear for Music and empathy.

Recommended optional programme components:

Visits to exhibitions, concerts, theatre performances, films, listening to music and literature readings.

Course contents:

This course covers a research of the relation of music to drama, their interactivity, as well as issues of structure and the mutual creation of both elements. This course attempts to identify not only common interfaces but the differences and particulars of each in individual models of music-drama considerations based on historical development and then to apply this knowledge in practice. The general section will be and introduction to the development of modern European music - approx. from Montiverdi to the present with an emphasis on the historical requirements of music-drama considerations of the artists in various periods. This covers the distinction of styles, forms, selected media and manner of interpretation. Also the student is to acquire a glimpse into modern European graphic arts, particularly the relationships to music-drama genres. The general section instruction is distributed over 4 semesters. The material in each semester corresponds to one of four basic geographically defined currents in European music thought.

Recommended or required reading:

G.Černušák: Dějiny evropské hudby

J.Smolka: Skladatelé českého baroka a klasicismu

V.Štěpánek: Francouzská moderní hudba

Branberger: Opera

Očadlík, Hostomská: Opera

J.Trojan: Dějiny opery

J.Smolka Česká kantáta a oratoritum

Očadlík: Svět orchestu I.-II.

M.Schnierer: Svět orchestu dvatátého století I.-III.

J.Havlík: Česká symfonie po r. 1945

R.Craft: Rozhovory s I.Stravinskym

A.Honneger: Zaříkání zkamanělin, Jsem skladatel

E.Hanslick: O hudebním krásnu, Kritiky.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lectures, listening lessons

Assessment methods and criteria:

80% attendance, secured knowledge of the covered material, on-going assessments through testings, credit exam and oral exam.

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Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

	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	místnost () FRANZ V. 16:30–18:00 (přednášková par. 1)
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Mon	16:30–18:00	FRANZ V.			přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (compulsory subject)